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The author of the children's book "Love in the Library," about Japanese Americans interned during World War II, received a publication offer from Scholastic, but it wanted her to remove references to racism from the book.

Scholastic wanted to license her children’s book — if she cut a part about ‘racism’

By: Emma Bowman | NPR
Posted on: Saturday, April 15, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Maggie Tokuda-Hall was thrilled when she first saw the offer from the publishing giant. Scholastic wanted to license her 2022 children’s book Love in the Library…. Read More

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