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Children's author Dav Pilkey has shameless title for next 'Dog Man' book, 'The Scarlet Shedder'
Read full article: Children's author Dav Pilkey has shameless title for next 'Dog Man' book, 'The Scarlet Shedder'With apologies to Nathaniel Hawthorne and admirers of โThe Scarlet Letter,โ Dav Pilkey has a name for the next installment of his multi-million selling โDog Manโ childrenโs books series about a canine superhero.
'Captain Underpants' spin-off pulled for 'passive racism'
Read full article: 'Captain Underpants' spin-off pulled for 'passive racism'FILE - Dav Pilkey arrives at the premiere of "Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie" in Los Angeles on May 21, 2017. A graphic novel for children from the wildly popular Captain Underpants series, The Adventures of Ook and Glu," is being pulled from library and book store shelves after its publisher said it perpetuates passive racism. โI hope that you, my readers, will forgive me, and learn from my mistake that even unintentional and passive stereotypes and racism are harmful to everyone,โ he wrote. It also follows a wave of high-profile and sometimes deadly violence against Asian Americans nationwide since the pandemic began. The move drew immediate reaction on social media from those who called it another example of โcancel culture.โ
Alexie, Pilkey books among most 'challenged' of past decade
Read full article: Alexie, Pilkey books among most 'challenged' of past decadeFILE - In this Oct. 10, 2016 file photo, author and filmmaker Sherman Alexie appears at a celebration of Indigenous Peoples' Day at Seattle's City Hall. Alexie is included in a list of authors who wrote books that were among the 100 most subjected to censorship efforts over the past decade, as compiled by the American Library Association. All wrote books that were among the 100 most subjected to censorship efforts over the past decade, as compiled by the American Library Association. The association does not formally count the number of times books are actually removed from a library shelf or from a school reading list. โThere are actually two lines of objections to the Anne Frank diary,โ Caldwell-Stone says.