Texas Book Festival Announces 2019 Library Grant Recipients
The Texas Book Festival (TBF) announced the winners of its 2019 Texas Library Grants at the Texas Library Association conference in Austin today. Forty-one public libraries across thirty-six Texas counties received grants totaling $100,500.
The 11 Most Challenged Books of 2018
The American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) has compiled its annual list of the most frequently challenged books in the U.S. in order to inform the public about censorship in libraries and schools.
30th Dallas library to be unique in city
Over the years, residents of the Vickery Meadow neighborhood of Dallas have turned to nonprofits and faith groups to get library-like services such as a computer lab or language lessons.
Houston judge rules in favor of Drag Queen Story Hour
Houston—Inside the library, the storytellers sang songs and mimicked the noises of crickets and rainfall while reading The Armadillo’s Dream, a picture book written by Dennis Arrowsmith, touring programs manager for the Houston Grand Opera. Outside […]
