Ban this! how one school fought two book bans and won (and how you can too)
"Fighting Censorship equips readers with arguments against the common reasons that are given to ban books in schools and public libraries. Having successfully fought against book bans in their school district by organizing protests and media interviews to raise awareness, the authors share how to fi...
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Minneapolis, MN :
Zest Books, an imprint of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc.,
[2025]
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| 100 | 1 | |a Ellis, Christina, |e author. | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Ban this! : |b how one school fought two book bans and won (and how you can too) / |c Christina Ellis, Renee Ellis, Edha Gupta, Ben Hodge, Patricia A. Jackson, Olivia Pituch. |
| 264 | 1 | |a Minneapolis, MN : |b Zest Books, an imprint of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc., |c [2025] | |
| 300 | |a 168 pages : |b illustrations (some color) ; |c 20 cm | ||
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| 385 | |n age |a Preteens |0 (DLC)dg2015060394 |2 lcdgt | ||
| 521 | |a Ages 11-18. |b Zest Books. | ||
| 521 | |a Grades 7-9. |b Zest Books. | ||
| 520 | |a "Fighting Censorship equips readers with arguments against the common reasons that are given to ban books in schools and public libraries. Having successfully fought against book bans in their school district by organizing protests and media interviews to raise awareness, the authors share how to fight back against book bans, speak out against censorship, and win the right to intellectual freedom"-- |c Provided by publisher. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Do we even have a race problem here? -- Education should stick to core subjects rather than social and emotional learning because reading books about hard subjects will damage and trigger kids -- Racism is 'nonexistent' and books based on diversity actually bring racism back into American and are proven to be unnecessary -- It's not a book ban; it's a book freeze -- Learning about Black History and having conversations about race teaches kids to hate America or hate themselves -- Diversity resources glorify traumatic experiences -- Education shouldn't include social and emotional learning but should stick to core subjects -- Bringing up diversity makes students and teachers uncomfortable -- High school students are not mature or 'adult' enough to handle particularly challenging and complex subject matter -- You're giving pornography to our children -- Kids shouldn't be exposed to the LGBTQIA+ community -- Reading books with sensitive subject material is going to indoctrinate children to partake in the activities they are reading about -- Diversity resources are anti-religious -- These books promote non-traditional families/lifestyles. | |
| 505 | 0 | |a Introduction -- Is there a race problem? -- Will social-emotional learning damage and trigger kids? -- Will diverse books encourage racism? -- Does discussion of diversity promote unrest and unpatriotic thoughts? -- Does teaching black history encourage white kids to hate American or themselves? -- Do diversity resources glorify traumatic experiences? -- Should education stick to core subjects? -- Does bringing up diversity make students and teachers uncomfortable? -- Are high school students mature enough to handle challenging subject matter? -- Is frank discussion about sex the same as pornography? -- Should kids learn about the LGBTQIA+ community? -- Will reading books with sensitive subject matter make children do what they're reading about? -- Are diversity resources anti-religious? -- Is it wrong to show nontraditional families and lifestyles? -- Conclusion. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Libraries |x Censorship |z United States. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Libraries |x Censorship |z United States |v Case studies. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Challenged books |z United States. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Children |x Books and reading |z United States. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Teenagers |x Books and reading |z United States. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Multicultural education |z United States. | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Ellis, Renee, |e author. | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Gupta, Edha, |e author. | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Hodge, Ben |c (Theater teacher), |e author. | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Jackson, Patricia A., |e author. | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Pituch, Olivia, |e author. | |
| 776 | 0 | 8 | |i Online version: |t Ban this! |d Minneapolis : Zest Books, 2024 |z 9798765639115 |w (DLC) 2024020292 |
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