The two previously worked together on 2016's A Child of Books (where the main character is a child, not a book). They've been working on The Dictionary Story pretty much ever since.

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Histories of Anchorage: With a 4-3 vote, the Anchorage School Board banned the book in 1976 after complaints from conservative watchdog group People for Better Education.

Dorothy’s Dictionary’ marks the return of a favorite actress and a local debut in a story about a librarian and a troubled ...

The Gutenberg revolution appears to be waning as the written word, the defining mark of civilisation—whether on Babylonian ...

A.I. and spell-check make choices for writers. With real, physical dictionaries, writers are empowered to decide how to ...

Nationally, K-12 schools enacted 3,362 book bans during the 2022-2023 school year as part of a growing surge in censorship. ... Florida County Removes Dictionary and 1,600 Other Books.

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But recently, the Escambia County school district in Florida pulled Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary for Students from its shelves, along with an estimated 1,600 other books from its library ...

The Oxford English Dictionary relied on contributions by volunteers from around the world. “The Dictionary People,” by Sarah Ogilvie, tells the fascinating story.