{"id":1833609,"date":"2023-02-03T07:49:59","date_gmt":"2023-02-03T12:49:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1833609"},"modified":"2023-02-03T07:57:18","modified_gmt":"2023-02-03T12:57:18","slug":"kids-disinterest-in-libraries-has-nothing-to-do-with-a-manga-shortage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kids-disinterest-in-libraries-has-nothing-to-do-with-a-manga-shortage\/","title":{"rendered":"Kids\u2019 Disinterest In Libraries Has Nothing To Do With A Manga Shortage"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkids-disinterest-in-libraries-has-nothing-to-do-with-a-manga-shortage%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1833609&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>Poor Johnny. He would have been a lifelong read, reaching the heights with Shakespeare and Dostoyevsky. But, no. His local school library didn\u2019t have any more graphic novels or manga for him to read. He became disinterested in the printed word. He now baggs groceries for a living.<\/p>\n<p>Such a story might sound patently ridiculous, but that\u2019s exactly what the leftist corporate media want you to think about recent changes in our nation\u2019s libraries. \u201cSchools are struggling to keep their shelves stocked as oversight by parents and school boards intensifies,\u201d A front-page article in The recently stated this. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/education\/2023\/01\/22\/students-want-new-books-thanks-restrictions-librarians-cant-buy-them\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Washington Post<\/a>. Author Hannah Natanson claims that libraries in Florida, Pennsylvania, Texas, and elsewhere are purchasing thousands fewer books, and those innocent students \u2014 all of them voracious readers in training \u2014 are caught in the middle.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If the legacy media are to believed, America will soon face a plague of censorship rivaling that described in \u201cFahrenheit 451.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs Book Bans Soar, Students Are Joining the Fight Against Censorship,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcconnecticut.com\/news\/national-international\/as-book-bans-soar-students-are-joining-the-fight-against-censorship\/2965059\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">declared<\/a> Connecticut NBC affiliate \u201cFacing pressure to ban books, suburban libraries\u2019 becoming a battlefield for the First Amendment,\u2019\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/chicago.suntimes.com\/2023\/1\/28\/23572558\/childrens-book-ban-efforts-chicago-suburban-libraries-lincolnwood-glenview-first-amendment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a> Chicago Sun-Times \u201cLet libraries be libraries, without political meddling,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.post-gazette.com\/opinion\/editorials\/2023\/01\/28\/moon-pa-drag-queen-story-library\/stories\/202301280012\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">It is strongly recommended<\/a> Pittsburgh Post-Gazette<\/p>\n<p>Yet scratch the surface of this scaremongering narrative, and you\u2019ll perceive that these claims are not only overblown but deeply misrepresentative of broader trends regarding children\u2019s literacy in the United States.<\/p>\n<p> Do Anime And Manga Inspire More Reading? <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHurdles to book ordering have emerged across the country,\u201d reported WaPo. It cites a school librarian in Florida\u2019s Monroe County who has not been allowed to purchase books since last year, who said that her district had seen decreased student interest in and demand for books. Circulation is down \u201cdramatically,\u201d WaPo was provided with a list by students, which she stated she had not been able order. The list also includes the following titles: \u201cDragon Ball, \u201cDragon Ball Z,\u201d \u201cPokemon Adventures,\u201d There are many manga and anime that depict Japanese neo-noir science fictional anime, such as \u201cCowboy Bebop\u201d And \u201cZom 100.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The report also quotes John Chrastka, head of the library political action committee EveryLibrary, who warned that hindering librarians\u2019 ability to purchase books would dampen students\u2019 enthusiasm for reading. \u201cWe know very clearly from the research that a key driver for individual reading success is self-directed reading when kids pick up a fun new book that interests them.\u201d Ciro Scardina, Brooklyn School Librarian, warned: \u201cNo one is going to want to visit the library.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Forgive me if I\u2019m a bit skeptical that students today demanding anime and manga are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scholastic.com\/parents\/books-and-reading\/raise-a-reader-blog\/3-reasons-graphic-novels-can-be-great-young-readers.html#:~:text=Graphic%20novels%20will%20improve%20your,for%20reading%20outside%20of%20class.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tomorrow\u2019s readers<\/a> Faulkner, Austen and Shakespeare. Experts agree that comics can open doors to more complicated reading. But the data is not encouraging: Adult Americans have a lower reading rate than ever before. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arts.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/RaRExec.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Declining<\/a> This trend has continued for decades. \u201cKids\u2019 reading rates have been plummeting for years. \u2026 The data goes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Libraries, like other once-venerable institutions of American civilization, have become intolerant, leftist echo chambers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":658,"featured_media":1833612,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[17469,4247,10386,17470,5562],"class_list":["post-1833609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-disinterest","tag-kids","tag-libraries","tag-manga","tag-shortage"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1833609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/658"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1833609"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1833609\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1833612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1833609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1833609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1833609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}