The Bologna Children's Book Fair Gets Its Bounce Back

“The fair is bigger than it had been in the last few years, and it’s a nicer experience with the renovations that have happened,” said Prashant Pathak, publisher of Wonder House Books from Delhi, India. Frequently the target of book-banning efforts, Anderson is also active in the fight against censorship, and a panel moderated by Barbara Marcus, president and publisher of Random House Children’s Books, addressed the growing threat of book censorship around the world. Author David Levithan compared Vladimir Putin’s book banning in Russia and Ron DeSantis’s bans in Florida, both of which target books with LGBTQ content.