- “Scappoose, St. Helens Schools Expect to Carry on with OBOB” Columbia County Spotlight, Pamplin Media Group, 6/3/18
- “Report Says School Violence on the Rise Against LGBT Students” Around the O, University of Oregon, 5/29/18 (last 2 paragraphs reference OBOB)
- “Alex Gino’s George and the Oregon Battle of the Books” Intellectual Freedom Blog, The Office for Intellectual Freedom of the American Library Association, 5/22/18
- “Book about Transgender Child Stirs Up Controversy in Oregon” KATU & KING5, 5/21/18
- “Book about Transgender Girl Breaks Ground -- and Stirs Controversy…” OPB, 5/19/18
- OPB “State of Wonder” episode w/ Korie Buerkle (OBOB Committee) and children’s librarian Holly Polivka and her transgender daughter Evy, who participates in OBOB, aired on 5/19/18
- OPB “Think Out Loud” segment w/ OBOB Title Selection Chair and Cascade School District Superintendent
- “Want to raise secure, caring children? Give them books” The Register-Guard, by author Melissa Hart, 5/18/18
- "Librarians Cannot Self-Censor or Capitulate To ‘George’ Complaints" School Library Journal, by Miranda Doyle (OASL Intellectual Freedom Chair), 5/17/18
- “Book about Transgender Child Sparks Controversy…” Education Week blog, 5/17/18
- “Lake Oswego School District Stands Behind Book…” Lake Oswego Review / Portland Tribute, 5/16/18 (includes statement from book’s author, Alex Gino)
- “Cascade School District decision to avoid book competition is disappointing” by the Statesman Journal Editorial Board, Statesman Journal, 5/11/18 (“Book banning is not a family value, and neither is pretending transgender youths aren't already marginalized by society.”)
- “Our View: Curious about ‘George’” East Oregonian, 5/8/18 ("We encourage all students and parents to read as many books as you can this year, including ‘George.’ You’ll be better for it, and so will your school.")
- “Parents Are Divided over a Book…” The New York Times, 5/8/18
- “Cascade Schools Wrestle with Book Controversy” Statesman Journal, 5/7/18
- “Cascade district under fire for refusing to participate in Oregon Battle of the Books” KGW.com, 5/7/18
- “Pendleton Students Will Participate…” My Columbia Basin, 5/4/18
- “School District Declines Participation in Reading Program” U.S. News & World Report, 5/2/18
- “Kids’ Book About Transgender Child Prompts…” The NY Daily News, 5/2/18 (includes statement from book’s author, Alex Gino; has stats about how popularity of George is rising)
- “2nd School District Scraps Oregon Battle of the Books…” OregonLive, 5/2/18 (includes statement from book’s author, Alex Gino)
- “Oregon School District Pulls Students Out…” Into, 5/2/18
- “2 Oregon School Districts Leave…” Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, 5/2/18
- “Cascade School District Nixes Participation…” Statesman Journal, 5/2/18
- “Hermiston School District Explains Battle…” East Oregonian, 5/2/18
- “Nelson: Hermiston Principals Exercise a Little Too Much Caution” Mail Tribune, 5/2/18
- “2nd District Withdraws from Oregon Reading Program...” KVAL/KATU, 5/2/18
- “School District Opts Out of Reading Program” KEZI, 5/2/18
- “Oregon School District Won’t Allow…” The Seattle Times, 5/1/18
- “Hermiston School District Won’t Participate in Oregon Reading Program…” OregonLive, 4/30/18
- “Hermiston Elementary Schools Will Skip Battle…” East Oregonian, 4/30/18
- “Children’s Book Causes Controversy Among Parents and Students” KOBI-TV/NBC, 4/30/1
- “Battle over Books”, World Magazine, 3/15/18