The publisher called its decision to sequester the 64 titles in its optional case a “mistake,” in a letter to its authors and illustrators.
A student picks out a book at a book fair at Dixie Elementary School in Tyler, Tex. focused on race and LGBTQ+ themes into an optional collection for this year’s elementary school book fairs after weeks of criticism from authors, illustrators and library advocates who decried the move as self-censorship.sent Tuesday to authors and illustrators.
When Scholastic rolled out the change in August, schools could decide whether to sell or exclude the “diverse titles” in the collection at their fairs — an approach the company billed as a way to offer the books without violating legislation against them.“We recognize and acknowledge the pain caused, and that we have broken the trust of some of our publishing community, customers, friends, trusted partners, and staff,” Berger wrote in the letter to authors and illustrators.
Scholastic’s controversial decision and reversal come as school districts nationwide are facing a historic surge in book challenges. The number of objections brought against school booksin 2021 and 2022, according to the American Library Association, which has tracked such challenges for more than two decades.of more than 2,500 pages of school book challenges filed nationwide in the 2021-2022 school year showed that the majority target books by and about LGBTQ+ individuals and people of color.
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