Actually this is not really news; they've been doing this since the mid 1980's. Our middle school librarian really hated having to host the damn annual book fair by Scholastic (usually in the fall of the year) because their were certian books they would not carry. And we're talking books that you could get from Weekly Reader's book clubs.

"Geez"? Those motherfuckers.

Oh my god, that sucks crap. Geez...

Scholastic is full of dubious shit like this. The company essentially has a monopoly on marketing directly to kids in elementary schools, and instead of using that responsibly and promoting reading to kids, most of the stuff in their catalog is games and stickers and toys and movie-tie-in made-in-China crap. They are a truly horrible company

I used to get ARMLOADS of Scholastic crap when I was in grade school; it was a highlight of the year for me. I still remember those terrible Freddy the Pig books, and truly dreadful "101 sports heroes" books (and yes, I still know who Babe Didriksen Zaharias was, but not why). But I also got some masterpieces like "From The Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler". They were a shoddy company then, and probably censored even more then, but I'm not confident that there's as much good stuff getting through.

I will express skepticism that "Luv Ya Bunches" counts as "good stuff", no matter how enlightened its computer-generated gay couples are.

Not that I share the same sensibilties, but, "geez" is short for 'Jesus' which is offensive to christians. The parental thing is extremely offensive to me. Kids already get enough gay=bad in schools without the "grown-ups" backing it up.

Jeez. That's crap. I just bought a bunch of great books for my kid & now wish I could take it back!

Those are supposed to be elementary school kids on that cover? They look like off-brand Bratz.

lilzilla disapproves.

That's so weird. David Levithan, author of Boy Meets Boy, Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, and a shitload of other books chock full of queers is an editorial director for Scholastic. I wonder what he thinks.

I just posted this to Digg.com, so hopefully it makes it out there even more so.

Oh Scholastic! Don't make me cry!!!! I loved you once, now how can you do this to me??!!?? Damn you Scholastic!!!