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A Birthday Cake for George Washington

I suspect that many of you have been following the discussions about A BIRTHDAY CAKE FOR GEORGE WASHINGTON, a book pulled from distribution by the publisher, Scholastic. The why and the how and many other aspects have been the focus of many posts and exchanges. Here are a few of them. As professionals, we need to have these discussions and conversations. We need to be aware of what is happening in the field. and, I believe, we can have some of these same conversations with our students. So, here are the links I have managed to accrue. It is not exhaustive, so feel free to put other links in the comments section.


http://readingwhilewhite.blogspot.com/2016/01/a-conversation-on-birthday-cake-for.html

http://readingwhilewhite.blogspot.com/2016/01/a-conversation-on-birthday-cake-for.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/free-speech-groups-defend-a-birthday-cake-for-george-washington/2016/01/22/51b96c70-c14c-11e5-9443-7074c3645405_story.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/18/business/media/scholastic-halts-distribution-of-a-birthday-cake-for-george-washington.html

http://www.cbcdiversity.com/post/137284630773/the-first-bite-slicing-through-a-birthday-cake-to

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alan-singer/george-washingtons-birthd_b_9028456.html

http://ncac.org/press-release/a-birthday-cake-for-george-washington-the-problem-with-banishing-books

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/01/18/463488364/amid-controversy-scholastic-pulls-picture-book-about-washingtons-slave

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=12&ved=0ahUKEwjggMnK9MfKAhWFk4MKHcnuCp4QFghTMAs&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ew.com%2Farticle%2F2016%2F01%2F18%2Fscholastic-birthday-cake-for-george-washington&usg=AFQjCNFESVuECxOCmcTDzqDIzXxCxR69RQ&sig2=SJMid3fdDt8moeFBUxsw_A

http://time.com/4184444/scholastic-birthday-cake-george-washington-slavery/

http://www.cc.com/video-clips/9asz7j/the-nightly-show-with-larry-wilmore-backlash-over--a-birthday-cake-for-george-washington-

http://oomscholasticblog.com/post/new-statement-about-picture-book-birthday-cake-george-washington

http://oomscholasticblog.com/post/response-birthday-cake-george-washington

https://www.teachingforchange.org/gw-birthday-cake-not-recommended

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-35342658

https://campbele.wordpress.com/2016/01/13/book-review-a-birthday-cake-for-george-washington/

http://www.slj.com/2016/01/reviews/books/a-birthday-cake-for-george-washington-slj-review/

http://www.slj.com/2016/01/reviews/books/a-birthday-cake-for-george-washington-slj-review/
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