Prestigious Laura Ingalls Wilder Award Renamed Over Racial Insensitivity

The American Library Association is dropping Laura Ingalls Wilder’s name from a prestigious children’s literature award in order to distance the honor from what it described as culturally insensitive portrayals in her books.

The decision was made out of a desire to reconcile the award with the organization’s values of “inclusiveness, integrity and respect,” representatives of the association said in a statement on Monday. The award is given out by its children’s division.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/26/books/laura-ingalls-wilder-book-award.html