Books on Film: Scholastic Bookfairs on The Daily Show
Scholastic has been in the news lately for their bizarre handling of diverse titles in their book fairs. Why they felt the need to create a special case of diverse titles that book fair hosts could opt out of makes no sense to me.
The Daily Show recently covered the topic, but with some absurd comedy:
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About Travis Jonker
Travis Jonker is an elementary school librarian in Michigan. He writes reviews (and the occasional article or two) for School Library Journal and is a member of the 2014 Caldecott committee. You can email Travis at scopenotes@gmail.com, or follow him on Twitter: @100scopenotes.
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