leonard s. marcus

From #youcantsaythat: Lesléa Newman on challenges to bks like #heatherhastwomommies: "I have 2 responses to bk banners. 1. As a child I read thousands of bks about straight people & not one changed my sexuality; 2. Don't you want your child to be happy?" @Candlewick

Q: Who can't say enough about #youcantsaythat! by @leonardsmarcus? A: @sljournal: starred review + 2021 Best Book of the Year #kidsbooks #freedomtoread @Candlewick

from #youcantsaythat Justice Potter Stewart: "Censorship reflects a society's lack of confidence in itself.[Our FoundingFathers] believed a society can be truly strong only when it is truly free." @candlewick #happythanksgiving2021

#youcantsaythat Join @susankuklin & @leonardsmarcus in conversation about censorship, children's lit & the freedom to read @BooksofWonder 11/9/21 @ 6pm. SK: "The participants in my [interview] bks define themselves in their own terms.All my work is about freedom of expression."

#youcantsaythat: "My mantra is - if it's in the best interests of the child, it's going in the book." @leonardsmarcus @robieharris & @susankuklin discuss censorship and the freedom to read @booksofwonder 11/12/21 @6pm @candlewick