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LLANO COUNTY, Texas — A federal judge has ruled that officials in Llano County must return several books that were removed and put on a ban list. These books will soon be available for people to check out again from

The Battle of the Books is open this summer to all third through seventh grade students who live within Brainerd Public Schools boundaries. Students learn about the Battle of the Books, a new summer reading program, during a kick-off event

Legendary author Judy Blume is speaking out against the recent decision to edit Roald Dahl’s children’s books to be more “inclusive.” As a writer who has dealt with censorship issues for the majority of her career, Blume “scoffed” at publisher

EDWARDSVILLE — Panelists at an SIUE roundtable discussion on banned books this week agreed on one way to combat efforts to curb access, particularly for young people, to certain books: Read. “Keep reading. Read fiction, read nonfiction, read biographies …

This week in books, let’s talk about branding. I don’t mean the marketing buzzword, but a literal branding iron used on books, as if libraries were maintained like herds of cattle. Let me explain: A few weeks ago, the @lapubliclibrary

A group of children greet Kami, a therapy dog, during Naperville Public Library’s Bark for Books program on March 1 at the 95th Street Library. (Naperville Public Library / HANDOUT) The library has gone to the dogs … literally! Naperville

Gloves Off: When handling rare books, experts say that bare, just-cleaned hands are better than cotton gloves. Why won’t the public believe them? A ‘Yes’ From Hollywood, at Last: The Judy Blume Renaissance is upon us, with several films and

James Patterson doesn’t understand why “Maximum Ride” series was targeted by Florida schools: “There’s nothing in that book that should scare anyone.”

The investment losses that helped take down Silicon Valley Bank are a problem, to one degree or another, across the US financial system. In total, the industry ended last year with $620 billion of unrealized losses on its books from