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Happy Thursday, Underdog friends! 📚🏳️‍🌈🐶 Come crochet, fight book bans, and read romance with us this weekend 💖 #IndieBookstore #ReadMoreBooks #DiversifyYourShelf #FreedomToRead #BookstoreRomanceDay ID: Video pans around different book displays at Underdog Bookstore with overlays of each event flyer

Censorship is so 1984. Today kicks off #BannedBooksWeek, an annual celebration of your freedom to read! Visit any library location to explore and check out titles that have been banned or challenged nationwide. 📖 #freepeoplereadfreely #freedomtoread

Check out this list of over 100 classic and acclaimed books banned from Texas public schools during the 2025-2026 school year. Learn more here: https://www.txftrp.org/more_than_100_classic_and_acclaimed_works_of_literature_removed_from_texas_schools_last_year #freedomtoread #freadom #stopcensorship #texasbookstagrammer #texasmoms

Freedom to Read. #freedomtoread #freedomtoreadweek #diverseliterature #marginalizedvoices #readdiversebooks

Thanks Richard. 🫶 If there’s one thing Librarians will always do, it’s defend your right to free access to information! A reminder this #LibraryAndInformationWeek about all the free stuff you can get through your state library and local library including books, magazines, newspapers, journals, databases, films, and more. #LIW2025 #Library #Libraries #RightToRead #PublicLibraries #FreedomToRead #NSWpubliclibraries

📚 TOP 20 BANNED BOOKS IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES Some of the world’s most influential books have faced bans, restrictions or challenges at different times and places. From 1984 and Animal Farm to The Catcher in the Rye, The Handmaid’s Tale and Fahrenheit 451, controversial ideas have often put literature at the center of debates over censorship and freedom of expression. The list highlights notable examples of books that have been banned, restricted or challenged by governments, institutions or schools. Which banned or challenged book do you think had the greatest cultural impact? Stay Curious. Stay Worth Knowing. #BannedBooks #BookBans #Censorship #Literature #Books #1984 #AnimalFarm #Fahrenheit451 #FreedomToRead #ClassicBooks #BookHistory #Reading #LiteraryHistory #Top20 #WorthKnowing

Children need books to build strong literacy skills and to learn how to think critically. ❌ But extremist politicians are banning books on history, culture, and democracy. We know better. NEA’s Read Across America is about protecting access to diverse books, not censorship. Sign the pledge to stop book bans at the link in bio.

Want these books?! 👆 Comment BANNED BOOKS for a chance to win them all! These books are all about climate science and global warming…and they’ve ALL been banned by a school district or library system somewhere in the country. Preventing kids from reading books about climate change won’t stop it from happening. Let’s empower our kids to understand and do something about our climate instead! So here’s a collection of banned climate change books to make sure your kids get their hands on. 1️⃣ WE ARE WATER PROTECTORS, Carole Lindstrom—This story of an Ojibwe girl working to protect the water supply of her people was banned, characterized as "divisive," "racist," and "socialist." 2️⃣ MARVELOUS CORNELIUS: HURRICANE KATRINA AND THE SPIRIT OF NEW ORLEANS, Phil Bildner—Deemed inappropriate for kids because some passages were hard to read without feeling sad. 3️⃣ WHO WAS RACHEL CARSON?, Sarah Fabiny—Banned from classrooms in PA in 2021, potentially because Carson wrote a controversial book in 1962 about environmental harms. 4️⃣ YASMIN THE RECYCLER, Saadia Faruqi—This book and the rest of the Yasmin series was also banned from PA classrooms by the administration, no reason given. 🤷🏽‍♀️ 5️⃣ THE LEGEND OF THE BLUEBONNET: AN OLD TALE OF TEXAS, Tomie dePaola—Part of a whole collection that “features characters representing a variety of ethnicities, religious affiliations, and gender identities,” removed from classrooms in Duval Co, FL. 6️⃣ FOR EVERY CHILD, A BETTER WORLD, Jim Henson—Challenged in Wisconsin for containing "negative, dark, depressing imagery." ✨ Comment BANNED BOOKS for a chance to win all 6 books! ✨ One comment will be randomly chosen at 10am ET on 11/7/24. We’ll reach out via DMs to get your shipping address. If there’s no response in 24 hours, a new winner will be chosen. Open to US residents only. Thanks & good luck! This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with Instagram. #parentstogether #kidsbooks #childrensbooks #kidlit #reading #parentsofinstagram #diversity #inclusion #booktok #bookstagrammer #bookhaul #freedomtoread #bannedbooks #booksnotbans #giveaway #entertowin #bookgiveaway

📚✊🏽 Back in HD-147, doing what I love — supporting local Black-owned businesses and giving a legislative update on SB 13, the unconstitutional book ban. Grateful to share space with Teresa Brewer, Jeffrey Peck (great-grandson of W.E.B. Du Bois), and Dr. Harris — all champions for education and access to books. The work continues. The fight for truth and freedom to read is far from over. #HD147 #SB13 #FreedomToRead #SupportBlackBookstores #UnapologeticallyJo #PublicEducationMatters #TruthToPower #WEDuBoisLegacy #Democrat#StateRepJolandaJones #3rdWard #TexasSouthernUniversity #TSU #Sampson

Normal People by Sally Rooney is one of the 22 books banned or restricted from all South Carolina public schools regardless of grade level. #BannedBooksWeek #FreedomToRead

Last week, the House joined the Senate in passing the Freedom to Read Act. This bill, filed by my colleagues Rep @johnmoranfor9 and @adamscanlonstaterep with a similar bill filed by Western Mass' own State Representative @saunders4rep, protects access to books and other library materials in school and public libraries across the Commonwealth and guards against politically motivated censorship. The bill requires school districts and public libraries to adopt written policies based on nationally recognized library standards, establishes transparent processes for challenging materials, and ensures that books remain available while reviews are underway. It also protects librarians and school library professionals from retaliation for decisions made in the course of their professional duties. In short, it affirms that decisions about library collections should be guided by educational value and professional expertise, not by political or ideological pressures, and reinforces Massachusetts' longstanding commitment to free expression, intellectual freedom, and the freedom to read. I was especially delighted that my amendment to require any challenged book to be considered in its totality, not simply based on a single scene or page, was accepted. This amendment brings fairness to the process. Tremendous thanks to the librarians, authors, parents, and educators who all spoke up in favor of this bill, pushing for the best possible bill. As you might guess, many of them hail from #1stHampshire (home to some of the best authors in the state if I do say so myself). Additional thanks to Chair @garballeysean for moving this bill forward and prioritizing it this session. A few differences have to be worked out between the Houes and Senate version but then this bill heads to the Governor's desk. #mapoli #FreedomtoRead #ReadLocal #ReadBooks #LibrariesRock

A book has the power to save. I’m grateful every day that I get to do what I do. And I’m grateful for folks like Karen Smith who are protecting our youth and protecting our books. #endcensorship #freedomtoread @mackidsbooks @thebookgrp @theauthorvillage @americanlibraryassociation @ncacensorship @penamerica thank you @lisayee1 for the video