The Scholastic Bookfair will be opening on 26th September and closing 1st October, in the Oldbury Academy Library. We will be accepting cash and card payments.

The 4 winners of the Summer reading challenge will receive a £5.00 voucher to spend at the book fair, which they will be able to collect from the Library.

#Scholastic #scholasticbookfairs #BookFair #StudentsAreInvited #ReadingOpportunity #BookWorm #LoveReading #CARE #LearnTodayReadTomorrow

https://themessenger.com/news/scholastic-lanah-burkhardt-brave-books-porn-addiction “A woman spoke in front of a school board in Texas and claimed that reading a Scholastic book caused her to become addicted to pornography.
Lanah Burkhardt told the Conroe Independent School District that when she was 11, she read a Scholastic book with a line that included the phrase ‘a single kiss.’ The book enticed her so much that she "looked for other books that gave me pleasure" which ‘led to internet searches.’” #CauseAndEffect #WTF #BookBanning #Porn #ScholasticBookFairs #Bookstodon
A Texas Woman Goes Before School Board To Announce Porn Addiction Claim. She Blames the Scholastic Book Fair

It turns out the woman may work for a conservative publishing company trying to take down Scholastic

The Messenger
Groups seek to replace Scholastic book fairs with books written by rightwing pundits, election deniers | WITF

If activist groups from the religious right have their way, Scholastic Book Fairs in Lancaster County and beyond may soon be replaced by a new ven […]

WITF

Moms for Liberty pushes to remove Scholastic book fairs from Oklahoma schools. The organization said, in part, that "Scholastic is focused on indoctrinating youth with radical viewpoints and sexual ideologies"

https://www.koco.com/article/oklahoma-moms-for-liberty-scholastic-book-fairs-request-removed-schools/45846584

#ScholasticBookFairs #MomsForLiberty #Indoctrination #RadicalViewpoints #SexualIdeologies #OklahomaSchools #Politics #News

Hello folks! This week's #TheProgressiveCafe over on #Substack is about the #Scholastic company, the #ScholasticBookFairs, and marginalized voices.

I hope it leads to progress.

https://theprogressivecafe.substack.com/p/scholastic-book-fairs-shirk-responsibility

Scholastic Book Fairs Shirk Responsibility To Marginalized People

With certain states choosing to repress minority and dissenting voices within their schools and libraries, one of the biggest book companies kowtowed to their demands. Let’s talk about it.

The Progressive Cafe

Going to the Bookfair in the 80s & 90s was the Best Thing EVER.

https://tilvids.com/w/eSfYJiv1583a2KMgLxAKQ7

Going to the Bookfair in the 80s & 90s was the Best Thing EVER.

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