Pride Puppy: Supreme Court Takes Up Parents' Fight Over LGBTQIA+ Books | USA Today
An alphabet primer about children chasing their dog through a pride parade is now on the reading list for the Supreme Court. The court agreed to decide whether Maryland parents who object to Pride Puppy by Robin Stevenson, as well as a handful of other books with LGBTQIA+ characters, should be able to get their children excused from the classroom when the controversial reading materials are being used in the Montgomery County (MD) Public Schools. Lawyers for a group of parents from different religious backgrounds who are asking for an opt-out said that their only other choice is send their kids to private school or to homeschool.

Idaho Library System Approves Adult-Only Room for Books with Mature Content as 140 Titles Pulled from Shelves for Review | The Spokesman Review
Books with mature themes will soon be relegated to an adults-only room in most public libraries in Kootenai (ID) County. The private room is a requirement of an Idaho law passed last year, and the Idaho-based Community Library Network board voted to set up such a room at the Post Falls Library. The library board also voted to stop children’s Community Library Network library cards from accessing other library systems that may not be subject to the Idaho law. Under its provisions, Idaho libraries are required to take action to prevent minors from having access to “obscene materials.” Different library systems are taking different approaches to comply with the law, but the conservative Community Library Network board voiced its approval for the new requirements.

Georgia District Removes Two More Books, Including Kidnapping Victim’s Memoir | WSB-TV2
Cobb County (GA) Schools superintendent Chris Ragsdale announced that two more books are being removed from the schools’ libraries. The books being removed are Triangles by Ellen Hopkins and A Stolen Life by Jaycee Dugard. Ragsdale said the books are being removed for “containing pictures, drawings, or descriptions that are inappropriate for a public school library for minors because of their lewd, obscene, or graphically sexual nature.”

Connecticut District Removes Book from Curriculum After Review | News12 Connecticut
The Darien (CT) Public Schools superintendent announced that a challenged book, Mama's Nightingale: A Story of Immigration and Separation by Edwidge Danticat, has been removed from the school curriculum. The review committee made this determination cited that the book is not developmentally appropriate for teaching.

‘A harmful message’ — Speakers Decry Kansas School District's Vote to Remove Book from School Library | Johnson County Post
Dozens of community members, including a high school librarian and a former mayor, packed the Gardner Edgerton (KS) School District board room to voice their opposition to the board’s recent vote to remove a book featuring a transgender character from district library shelves. In a vote last month, the board by a 4-2 margin approved removing a copy of the book Lily and Dunkin by Donna Gephart from circulation. The meeting was the first the board had held since that decision. Lily and Dunkin, a young adult novel, tells the story of a friendship between Lily, a transgender girl struggling with her identity, and Dunkin, a boy dealing with bipolar disorder.

Tennessee District School Board Votes to Pull Contested Book from School Libraries | MSN
Murfreesboro (TN) City Schools received a request to remove the book It Feels Good To Be Yourself: A Book About Gender Identity by Theresa Thorn from its library collection on Dec. 10, 2024. Four of the committee members recommended the removal of the book and one recommended retaining it for an older audience. The board voted to remove the book by recommendation of the committee.