In this special episode of the Team Friendship Podcast, we discuss the recent name change of the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award to the Children’s Literature Legacy Award by the ALA and ALSC. We welcome back our very special guest, Zoey, to have a round-table discussion on this topic. This name change has evoked many passionate responses, but we were able to have a meaningful conversation on human rights, racial reconciliation, and the importance of remembering and learning from our history. We hope you will take the time to listen in on this episode.
Image Credit: ALA.org
Links related to this episode:
American Library Association Press Release
ALSC Changes Wilder Award to Children’s Literacy Legacy Award – School Library Journal
American Libraries Defend Renaming Laura Ingalls Wilder Award – The Guardian
ALSC Changes Name of Laura Ingalls Wilder Award – American Libraries Magazine
Laura Ingalls Wilder Award – When Is It Censorship? – Intellectual Freedom Blog
What the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award Name Change Means – And What It Doesn’t – Book Riot
About the Children’s Literature Legacy Award
Quote from Caddie Woodlawn that Lauren couldn’t remember:
“The fear spread like a disease, nourished on rumors and race hatred. For many years now the whites had lived at peace with the Indians of Western Wisconsin, but so great was this disease of fear that even a tavern rumor could spread it like an epidemic throughout the country.” (Caddie Woodlawn, 119)
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