Scholastic Book Fairs has announced its plans for the Spring 2024 fairs, which includes the previously segregated titles from the Share Every Story, Celebrate Every Voice add-on bookcase being available throughout the fair.
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For the fall fairs, Scholastic Book Fairs introduced Share Every Story, Celebrate Every Voice, a new set of books, framed by the company as an “add-on” that librarians could choose to stock in their book fair—or decline.
The set of approximately 60 titles includes books on Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, Rep. John Lewis, and Ruby Bridges, as well as The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander, Alma and How She Got Her Name by Juana Martinez-Neal, She Persisted by Chelsea Clinton, and I Color Myself Different by Colin Kaepernick. Scholastic claimed these books might put some educators or volunteers in danger of breaking local laws and that the company wanted to help avoid that possibility—as the company noted again in its press release announcing the changes for spring that were forced by public pressure. After authors and educators spoke out against the set-up and segregation of titles, Scholastic officials apologized and discontinued the add-on set.
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