Scholastic faced backlash for putting books dealing with race, gender and sexuality in their own optional category for middle school book fairs. It's now apologizing and working to reverse course.

The Scholastic Book Fair, the still-trucking darling of ... Celebrate Every Voice”—while maintaining that there are still “diverse titles throughout every book fair, for every age level. ...

On average, a Scholastic book fair tends to make $6,000, which makes the average school profit $1,500 or 3,000 Scholastic dollars, Stone said. In total, schools earn about $200 million through ...

The Scholastic Book Fair will discontinue its separate selection of books on race and gender following criticism that segregating the titles caters to the right-wing censorship that is spreading ...

This year, schools can opt in or out of including Scholastic's “Share Every Story, Celebrate Every Voice” diversity collection at book fairs. It includes titles about civil rights activist ...

Another on the Scholastic list is "Alma and How She Got Her Name" by Juana Martinez-Neal. It's a picture book that has won a Caldecott Medal. "The little girl, Alma, as well as all of her family ...

Scholastic, the children’s book publisher, said that its elementary-school book fairs would now have a separate section for titles that deal with race, gender and sexuality — a response to ...

Scholastic has reversed a decision to allow school districts to opt out of offering a wide range of diverse books, including those that discuss subjects like racism and LGBTQ issues, at its ...

When Scholastic’s book fair returns to elementary schools this year, some books on race and LGBTQ+ issues might be stored in a separate box. Some might be removed entirely. Scholastic, a ...

So @Scholastic Book Fair has created a separate diversity book case, “Share Every Story, Celebrate Every Voice,” which permits schools to opt-in or opt-out to having these books accessible at ...

It does not appear on Scholastic Book Fair lists for fall 2023, and Scholastic said claims to the contrary are false. “Conversations with God for Teens was offered through Scholastic’s ...

Scholastic Book Fairs reach 35 million children annually in all 50 states and internationally. ... for every age level.” Anne Sparkman, Scholastic senior v-p of corporate communications, ...