It’s the first day of Women’s History Month. It's also National Speech & Debate Education Day. So, we're celebrating with a couple of speeches by Sojourner Truth and Eleanor Roosevelt. To learn what they were so passionate about, and get the full text of their groundbreaking orations - click on the post's title.
Unite Against Book Bans just added a new tool to the fight against book banning! Collaborating with the publishing community, Unite Against Book Bans has developed a free collection of book résumés, if you will, to support librarians, educators, students, parents, and other freedom-to-read advocates in their efforts to keep frequently challenged books on shelves. What's included on these résumés? To find out - click on the post's title.
Dave Eggers' book The Circle was not only pulled from high school reading lists in Rapid City, South Dakota, it was on a list with several other books school officials decided should be destroyed. Yes destroyed. Eggers graciously gave This Book is Banned permission to publish a link to the following article he wrote about his experience with book banning. Be sure to give it a read - click on the post's title.
Banned Book Club was removed from school libraries in Florida. To check out our conversation with author Ryan Estrada about the dangers of book banning - click on the post's title.
Book bans. What's the best way to push back? Activism around The House on Mango Street is a veritable case study in successful pushback. Be sure and check it out - click on the post's title.
Legislatively speaking, libraries have taken a pretty big hit lately. These letters serve to remind us of what's at stake when state-sponsored censorship comes into play. To read these insightful epistles - click on the post's title.