RESOURCES to Help FIGHT Against BOOK BANS & CENSORSHIP!
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LET FREEDOM READ DAY
FROM Banned Books Week:
We’re asking everyone to get ready to vote for the freedom to read or to take at least one action to help defend books from censorship and to stand up for the library staff, educators, writers, publishers, and booksellers who make them available!
• KidLit TV Live Stream: SUPPORT Banned Books •
Celebrate our Freedom to Read & Right to Read
Hosted by Phil Bildner
Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA), EveryLibrary, and the EveryLibrary Institute launch the “We Are Stronger Than Censorship” campaign, an initiative designed to address the challenge of book bans and censorship across the nation.
At the center of this campaign is the pledge to distribute over 2,000 inclusive books to areas most affected by censorship, reinforcing the vital role that diverse voices play in promoting understanding and empathy within our communities.
NEA Read Across America Calendar
Check out the Read Across America digital calendar to discover and share the 36 recommended titles—12 picture books, 12 middle grade titles, and 12 young adult books—for each month of the year.
National Education Association latest list of recommended children’s and YA books for NEA’s Read Across America, highlighting the importance of championing and celebrating diverse books and voices.
Each month of the calendar includes a theme, and each recommended title comes with suggestions for activities related to the book, questions for discussion or reflective writing, related resources, and recommendations of more titles to try that relate to topics and themes in the featured book.
PEN AMERICA's School Book Bans by State Report
ALA Banned & Challenged Books Campaign
The ABA Right to Read Handbook: Fighting Book Bans and Why It Matters
The ABA Right to Read Handbook: Fighting Book Bans and Why It Matters is a comprehensive guide to resisting the epidemic of book censorship through local organizing and engaged citizenship. The Handbook is designed for the potential advocate who may only have a few hours to spare each month. It identifies the causes, actors, motivations, and strategies of groups attempting to ban books across the country. It offers step-by-step guides for voting in a school board election, understanding a school board's policies, contacting elected officials, and more. It features interviews with free expression advocates and state-by-state profiles of local advocacy organizations. Finally, the content is organized into a playbook that will allow concerned readers to begin defending the right to read as soon as book bans arrive in their community.
Let America Read
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