Episode 24 - Al Capone Does My Shirts - live from the Gaithersburg Book Festival

<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 77.2pt;"><span style= "font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> It's banned books week, as we continue our look at books that have been challenged or banned. This week, it's Gennifer Choldenko's tale "Al Capone Does My Shirts." Back in 2016, the book was challenged by a group that said the book "perpetuates negative stereotypes" by including Al Capone as a character in the book.</span><span style= "font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 77.2pt;"><span style= "font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> And earlier this year, a school board member in Pennsylvania called for a ban on the Newbery Honor book because a character called an autistic teenager stupid. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 77.2pt;"><span style= "font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-fam...