An award named after Laura Ingalls Wilder and intended to honor the highly respected author was renamed in 2018.
The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) at the American Library Association’s (ALA) Annual Conference in New Orleans, decided to rename its award.
Citing that Wilder’s stories included expressions of stereotypical attitudes inconsistent with the ALSC’s values of inclusiveness, integrity and respect, and responsiveness
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