Author Maggie Tokuda|Hall on how Scholastic offered to publish her ...

Scholastic Wanted to License Her Children's Book - KQED

Oakland author Maggie Tokuda-Hall was thrilled when the publisher offered her a deal for her story — then she read the edits.

Asked to Delete References to Racism From Her Book, an Author ...

Scholastic moved quickly to contain the fallout. It apologized to Tokuda-Hall and the illustrator, Yas Imamura, and offered to publish the book ...

Author Maggie Tokuda-Hall on how Scholastic offered to publish her ...

Author Maggie Tokuda-Hall on how Scholastic offered to publish her book — all she had to do was remove all mention of racism.

Amplification or Suppression? Author Maggie Tokuda-Hall Calls Out ...

Concerns about censorship at Scholastic's Rising Voices Library, a diversity-focused provider of educational materials, arose on Wednesday ...

Author Maggie Tokuda-Hall: This Is What Scholastic Asked Me To ...

Author Maggie Tokuda-Hall joins "Forbes Talks" to discuss what publisher Scholastic asked her to change in her author's bio, how she fought ...

A Panel Discussion with author and upstander Maggie Tokuda-Hall

Maggie Tokuda-Hall stood up to the publishing industry when she refused to remove references to racism in her book about Minidoka Interment ...

The Answer is Still No. - Maggie Tokuda-Hall

I still want that distribution, that reach that only Scholastic can provide. I want Love in the Library to be in schools, where teachers can ...

Author Maggie Tokuda-Hall Takes a Stand Against Censorship and ...

Earlier this month, author Maggie Tokuda-Hall received a troubling offer from publishing giant Scholastic: they would license Love in the ...

How the word 'racism' scuttled a book deal — and what came next

Publishing giant Scholastic offered to license Maggie Tokuda-Hall's "Love in the Library" — if she agreed to remove references to racism, ...

Refusing to Censor Myself

What she did next was astonishing. By Maggie Tokuda-Hall Published: Sep 11, 2023 ... So when I received word from my publisher that Scholastic—the biggest ...

Scholastic asked Oakland author to cut references to racism from book

The publishing giant asked children's book author Maggie Tokuda-Hall to make a drastic cut to the author's note of her book “Love in the ...

Bay Area author refuses Scholastic's suggested revision to cut ...

Bay Area author Maggie Tokuda-hall talks after Scholastic asks her ... Tokuda-Hall shared a screenshot of their proposed changes with us.

Our Commitment to Sharing Diverse Stories | Scholastic Media Room

Some of you will be aware of a recent blog post from Maggie Tokuda-Hall, an author who was approached by us to license her book Love in the ...

Maggie Tokuda-Hall's Love in the Library—A story for children, a ...

The opportunity to have a book published by Scholastic is one very few authors decline. Tokuda-Hall's refusal to accede to Scholastic's ...

Tokuda-Hall and Scholastic Controversy - Locus Magazine

In April, author Maggie Tokuda-Hall posted on her website about a request from Scholastic's Rising Voices Library to alter the afterword of ...

Scholastic Apologizes to Author for Required Edits - Kirkus Reviews

Maggie Tokuda-Hall was asked to remove references to racism from an author's note in her book.

Japanese American author calls out Scholastic for asking her to cut ...

Two days after Maggie Tokuda-Hall spoke out, Scholastic issued an apology statement and reextended their offer to license her book.

Scholastic, and a Faustian Bargain - Maggie Tokuda-Hall

Recently, I got an email with an offer from Scholastic's Educational Division to license Love in the Library for an AANHPI narratives collection ...

The Japanese American National Museum Condemns Scholastic's ...

... author's note in Love in the Library, an illustrated children's book by Maggie Tokuda-Hall about the World War II Japanese American

Author rejects demand to remove word "racism" from book

Author Maggie Tokuda Hall rejects demand from largest publisher of ... Scholastic demanded she remove references to racism in her author's notes.