Research Guides: Banned Books Week: Resources For Educators and Advocates

Resources For Educators and Advocates

Book Riot: How to Address Misinformation and Book Challenges
Blog post by Kelly Jensen, July 15, 2022, Book Riot
A Template for Talking with School and Library Boards About Book Bans
Blog post by Kelly Jensen, August 5, 2022, Book Riot
Facilitating Teachers’ Appreciation and Use of Controversial Picture Books
Journal article by Francesca Pomerantz, January 2018, The Reading Professor
Precocious Knowledge: Using Banned Books to Engage in a Youth Lens
Journal article by Alyssa D. Niccolini, January 2015, The English Journal
Supporting the Right to Read: Principles for Selecting Children’s Books
Journal article by Danielle E. Hartsfield and Sue C. Kimmel, December 20, 2020, The Reading Teacher
Teaching Tough Topics: How do I use children's literature to build a deeper understanding of social justice, equity, and diversity?
Magazine article by Larry Swartz, 2020, The Magazine for Secondary School Professionals
To those who want to ban books: Why are you so afraid of ideas?
News article by Mary Ann D'Urso, February 21, 2022, The Boston Globe
Using Banned and Challenged Books in the Classroom
Master's Thesis by Toni L. Flanagan, May 16, 2014, SUNY

Teaching Banned Books by Pat Scales
ISBN: 9780838998854
Publication Date: 2001
Published by the American Library Association
Common Core Standards and Banned Books Week
ISBN: 9781497676503
Book by Pat Scales, September 2, 2014, published by Open Road Media
Can I Teach That? by Suzanne Linder (Editor); Elizabeth Majerus (Editor)
Call Number: LB1631 .C365 2016
ISBN: 9781475814767
Publication Date: 2016-07-14
Can I Teach That? Negotiating Taboo Language and Controversial Topics in the Language Arts Classroom is a collection of stories, strategies, advice, and documents collected for teachers who are using or plan to use materials or implement policies they know may be controversial.