US EditionWe Need Diverse Books launches Unbanned Book Network to fight school bans
The Unbanned Book Network will provide banned authors’ books to 20 under-resourced schools in states with high ban rates, supported by noted publishers and author ambassadors.
- On Tuesday, We Need Diverse Books announced the Unbanned Book Network to donate books by banned authors and select Author Ambassadors for school districts facing bans.
- In recent years, WNDB began as a Twitter hashtag responding to a predominantly white publishing industry, supported by a Lee & Low Books 2023 study, amid a surge in book challenges.
- WNDB plans to start with 20 under-resourced schools in states where bans are most prevalent, including Texas and Florida, with Author Ambassadors Ellen Oh, LeUyen Pham and Meg Medina.
- Industry groups have responded with initiatives like the Unbanned Book Network and legal actions in Utah and Iowa, according to WNDB's CEO Dhonielle Clayton.
- WNDB's CEO Dhonielle Clayton said the effort responds to rising censorship and a literacy crisis, and the launch arrives as several publishers begin diversity programs in recent years.
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The Unbanned Book Network is a new initiative fighting for diverse books in the classroom.
A new program called The Unbanned Book Network is stepping in to counter the increased threat of book bans in schools across America. The new initiative was launched this week by the team at We Need Diverse Books, and aims to build partnerships between schools and teachers to improve literacy, support diverse authors and books that have been targeted by book banners, and create a nationwide community of teachers and students. “We’re not only fac…
Associated Press: We Need Diverse Books launches Unbanned Book Network to fight school bans
Associated Press: We Need Diverse Books launches Unbanned Book Network to fight school bans. “A grassroots organization founded to increase diversity in publishing is launching a program to counteract the nationwide wave of bannings in schools and libraries.”
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