Unfortunately, the Caldecott honor yielded an unforeseen negative outcome: Since the announcement of the Caldecott honor, CBLDF has been confidentially involved in monitoring challenges to This One Summer in various communities. This One Summer broke boundaries by becoming the first graphic novel to make the short list for the Caldecott Medal. The announcement of the 2014 Caldecott Medal winner and honorees had many people rushing to pick up the books for their library and classroom collections. This tale earned prestige with landmark wins of both Printz and Caldecott Honor Awards for its beautiful art and moving story, but also earned the target of censors who railed against the work for everything from the inclusion of LGBTQ+ characters to its illustrations. A coming of age comic centered around Rose, an ordinary teenage girl, whose summer trip with her family to the beach is strange and and different from the years previous, not because of anything external, but because the age at which she is and the feelings she’s processing.

Graphic novel This One Summer by Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki has been the source of a lot of attention since its release in 2014. Graphic Novels: Suggestions for Librarians.Working With Libraries! A Handbook For Comics Creators.Know Your Rights: Student Rights Fact Sheet.Raising a Reader! How Comics & Graphic Novels Can Help Your Kids Love To Read!.Adding Graphic Novels to Your Library or Classroom Collection.Kirkpatrick, NY State Court of Appeals (1973)

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