Scholastic Says It Will Stop Siloing Diverse Books at School Book Fairs

The children’s book publisher Scholastic is walking back a policy that segregated some books about race and gender at book sales, after outcry from authors.

Scholastic, which hosts annual book fairs at schools, announced this month that it would move some of its books into a special collection called “Share Every Story, Celebrate Every Voice,” which schools could opt into selling at book fairs. Those books overwhelmingly featured LGBTQ+ characters and characters of color, The Daily Beast previously reported. In announcing its “Share Every Story” collection, Scholastic acknowledged that it was intended for schools facing new censorship rules, which have disproportionately restricted access to books on race and LGBTQ+ issues.

Now Scholastic is reversing the program and apologizing to authors and illustrators, some of whom signed a 1,500-person open letter asking Scholastic to stop siloing books.

Read more at The Daily Beast.