As has been mentioned on several other children’s lit blogs, Lois Lowry is now blogging!  I have her new book Gossamer on my stack to read next (which is why I don’t ever make progress to the books on the bottom of the stack).  Lowry is one of the only authors I have ever written to to thank for writing a book, and her book The Giver remains at the top of my favorites reads ever. 

A Massachusetts 2nd grade teacher has gotten into trouble from parents for reading King & King.  Her administrator on the other hand, is supporting her teaching of diversity.  As I read the article, it seems to me that the outraged people tend to be the conservative organizations, not individual parents.  I also think that children living in families with gay parents have the right to be understood by their classmates and to have books read aloud that mirror their own lives.