Maricopa County to test poll books as part of national pilot program
Over the next two weeks, election officials will test Maricopa County’s electronic ballots as part of a pilot program that will inform the further development of guidelines for ballot systems across the country. That means the county is trying to see if its electronic pollbook, known as Sitebook, can serve as a model for other […]
Dad Apparently Throws Chicken Feed At School Board, Says They’re Too Afraid Of Removing Sexually Explicit Books
A father apparently threw chicken bait at the South Carolina Board of Education, claiming it was too “chicken” to remove sexually explicit books from schools. “There’s a big difference between banning a book and removing access to this material,” Cook said at a Beaufort County School District (BCSD) meeting, according to reports. ABC6. Cook argued […]
‘That’s Actually A Very Good Book’: Liberal Commentator Defends Kids Books Depicting Graphic Sex Acts
Commentator Emma Vigeland defended explicit children’s books in an interview on Tim Pool’s show Friday night. “You’re the one advocating censorship,” Vigeland said when Poole tried to hand her the book Gender Queer. The book depicts two people attempting oral sex with a strap-on. The book also shows the characters sexting and masturbating. (Related: New […]
California touts inclusive education as red states ban books
Sacramento — With books dealing with race and LGBTQ+ themes banned across the country, the California Department of Education and Democratic lawmakers are focusing on providing diverse and inclusive classes in schools. Supplemental Public Education’s Tony Salmond and lawmakers met for the first time Wednesday as part of a new task force, telling textbook publishers […]
Tucson’s Make Way for Books is expanding to little readers statewide
Bill Finley, Arizona Daily Star Featured Given time, the Executive Director make way for the book You may wonder what happened to the first children affected by this program in 1998. Are any of them now teachers? parents? Are they reading to their children the way teachers and parents used to read to them? From […]
‘Smut’: Town Board Partially Freezes Public Library Funding Amid Parent Protests Over Sexually Explicit Books For Kids
A grassroots coalition of 250 Virginia parents and community members is protesting the presence of 34 “porn” books available to children in the public library in Fort Royal, Virginia. The Warren County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved a $1 million budget for the Samuels Public Library, with most of the funding determining how the […]
Air Force Library Plans Pride-Themed ‘Storytime,’ Promotes Kids Books Pushing Gender Transitions
The U.S. Air Force Library will stage a gay pride-themed storytime on Thursday, promoting a list of children’s books that advocate for gender reassignment in honor of Pride Month, according to the library’s website. It says. A pride-themed storytime is scheduled for Thursday at 10:30 a.m., and the calendar is posted on the Ramstein & […]
Volunteers step up to donate 50,000 books to Tucson-area schools
Arizona Daily Star’s Bill Finley Special On a quiet sidewalk in a quiet neighborhood of Green Valley, you’ll find The Little Free Library, full of handcrafted, hand-painted books. lots of books. All kinds of books, from Dean Koontz and Robert Ludlum to Lisa Jenova and John Gray. Next to the bookcase is a simple yellow […]
400,000+ Digital Books from 3,000 Publishers Now Available in Flexible Library Access Model
HarperCollins Adds Pilot Collection to ‘OverDrive Max’ to Help Libraries Meet Growing Demand Cost-Effectively London, April 18, 2023 /PR Newswire/ — Overdrive available in . overdrive marketplaceOverDrive Max is the world’s largest catalog for school and library e-book sales, specifically designed to provide greater flexibility and value to library budgets to meet the growing demand […]
Festival of Western Books earns good reviews | Cochise County
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