In 213 B.C., the Chinese emperor Qin Shi Huangdi had every manuscript in his realm incinerated except those about agriculture, medicine, future predictions, and his own dynasty’s history. ( These are the best states for public libraries.)īook banning has been around since before there were printed books. School and classroom libraries are in fact the primary targets of those who wish to see books pulled from the shelves or restricted to adult readers, accounting for some 58% of the challenges in 2022, with 41% of the efforts aimed at public libraries.

About 90% of these attempts were made by conservative organizations, such as Moms for Liberty, a right-wing non-profit founded in 2021 in Florida - a state whose governor has supported new laws requiring some state schools to close their libraries and cover classroom bookshelves. 2019.In 2022, according to the American Library Association, there were some 1,269 attempts to ban books around the country - some successful, some not (there had been 729 attempts the previous year). Bone #1: out from Boneville.' Kliatt, Mar. The series is being reissued by Scholastic, in color, and is a must-buy for all libraries that do not already own it. If you are a librarian who works with graphic novels, you most likely have heard of Bone, and it deserves every bit of praise it gets. īone: Out From Boneville is the best graphic novel series of the past 20 years the only two works in this genre that come close are Sandman and Calvin & Hobbes.

However, all is not well: the rat creatures are massing for war, and a mysterious hooded figure wants Phoney Bone's soul. Together they travel to the town of Barrelhaven, and Fone Bone is reunited with his cousins, who (in the grand tradition of freeloaders) have been pressed into service washing dishes at the village inn. After meeting a garrulous talking bug named Ted, Fone Bone makes the acquaintance of two humans, the beautiful Thorn (our heroine) and her grandmother, Grandma Ben.

He is protected by a fire-breathing red dragon, who has his reasons. Fone Bone (our hero) is pursued by a pair of rat creatures who want to kill and eat him, preferably baked in a quiche. Separated by a swarm of locusts, the Bones-who look like a cross between Snoopy and Casper the Ghost-find themselves in a valley populated by strange and wondrous creatures. 'This is the first volume of a fantasy epic starring the Bone cousins-Fone Bone, Phoney Bone and Smiley Bone-who leave Boneville rather quickly after Phoney Bone's campaign for mayor, which involves 50-foot balloons and bad prunes, causes a riot.

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