Scholastic Book Fairs debuted a collection of diverse books this year but will let schools decide whether to offer them, citing legislation on how race and gender are taught in classrooms.
Scholastic Book Fairs have served as a portal for young people looking for self-expression and creative outlets in the form of books and stationery for decades. But criticsScholastic announced on Friday that it was debuting a collection of books at its elementary school book fairs that celebrates diversity.
For many, the Scholastic Book Fair is a beacon of nostalgia, transforming school cafeterias, gyms, and media centers into mini shopping malls with hundreds of book titles,“Not to sound dramatic, but the Scholastic Book Fair in elementary school is the most pure and genuinely happy place I’ve ever experienced in my life,” a viralfrom 2016 said.
Books included in the diversity collection include a fantasy novel about a Lakota girl, a book celebrating the origins of a Latina girl’s name, a book about different family types , a story about the power to make change by National Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman, and books about Black public figures including Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, LeBron James, and late U.S. Rep. John Lewis.Still, Scholastic said the move was unavoidable, citing state laws and book bans nationwide.
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