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cdendy76.bsky.social
Last challenged #picturebook today: Strega Nona by the remarkable Tomie dePaola. It falls under the category of #challengedbooks #bannedbooks that apparently promote witchcraft and the occult ... Enjoy!

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'Strega Nona' read by Mary Steenburgen
YouTube video by StorylineOnline
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October 11, 2026 at 4:03 PM
cdendy76.bsky.social
Running behind on these but here's another fabulous challenged #picturebook for #BannedBooksWeek: Imani's Moon by JaNay Brown-Wood and Hazel Mitchell! #bannedbooks #challengedbooks

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Imani's Moon by JaNay Brown-Wood | Read Aloud | YouTube Books for Kids
YouTube video by YouTube Books for Kids
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October 11, 2026 at 3:42 PM
cdendy76.bsky.social
Next in challenged #picturebook for #BannedBooksWeek: Pink Is for Boys by Robb Pearlman and Eda Kaban! Two of my three kids loved this one when they were little! (The first was already 13 when it came out.) #bannedbooks #challengedbooks

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Pink Is For Boys - Read Aloud Children's Book
YouTube video by Cozy Corner Books 4 U
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October 11, 2026 at 3:47 PM
cdendy76.bsky.social
Andrea Beaty and David Roberts' #picturebooks are wonderful. Sofia Valdez, Future Prez was challenged nominally because some of the background characters project LGBTQ+ themes. #bannedbooks #challengedbooks #BannedBooksWeek

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Sofia Valdez, Future Prez by Andrea Beaty and David Roberts / Children's Story Time Read Aloud
YouTube video by CSUF Future Titans Read
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October 11, 2026 at 3:52 PM
cdendy76.bsky.social
One more! The Librarian of Basra tells the story of Alia Muhammad Baker, who struggled to save her community's books from the devastation of war in Basra, Iraq, an act of courage we should all celebrate. #challengedbooks #bannedbooks #BannedBooksWeek www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZRG...
Read Aloud with Ms. Caudle | The Librarian of Basra
YouTube video by Carrie Caudle
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October 11, 2026 at 4:29 PM
cdendy76.bsky.social
Jabari Jumps is a lovely exploration of the excitement-fear felt when trying something new but scary ... It was swept up in a district's mass pulling and restricting of books that fell under the dreaded DEI label. #bannedbooks #challengedbooks #BannedBooksWeek

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Storytime Books Read Aloud: JABARI JUMPS by Gaia Cornwall
YouTube video by Cultivating Progress - It Can Start With One Book
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October 11, 2026 at 4:00 PM
cdendy76.bsky.social
Next challenged picture book? The nonfiction Separate Is Never Equal ... #BannedBooksWeek #bannedbooks #challengedbooks

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Separate is never equal read-aloud
YouTube video by Mr. Alicea's Reading Adventure
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October 9, 2026 at 3:54 PM
cdendy76.bsky.social
Next up in #bannedbooks #challengedbooks #challengedpicturebooks for #BannedBooksWeek? No, David! by David Shannon.

Why challenged? Because it features an illustrated bare bottom and supposedly encourages bad behavior.

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READ ALOUD | NO DAVID | Ryan & Craig
YouTube video by Ryan & Craig
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October 9, 2026 at 3:36 PM
cdendy76.bsky.social
For today's #challengedpicturebooks #bannedbooks #challengedbooks posts to honor #BannedBooksWeek, we start with Water Protectors, published in 2020 in the wake of the Dakota Access Pipeline protests that began in 2014 and escalated in 2016.

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We Are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom READ ALOUD ~RING AROUND RONINA~
YouTube video by Ring Around Ronina
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October 9, 2026 at 3:25 PM
cdendy76.bsky.social
Bonus challenged #picturebook for #BannedBooksWeek today! Hair Love, a sweet, funny, wonderful story with great illustrations. Every picture makes me smile.

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Hair Love Kids Book Read Aloud Story 📚
YouTube video by Magical Little Minds - Read Along Storytime
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October 8, 2026 at 12:51 PM
cdendy76.bsky.social
The next challenged #picturebook for #BannedBooksWeek is my favorite Dr. Seuss: The Butter Battle Book!

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Growing up in West Germany with the Wall encircling West Berlin, it meant something. It still does.

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The Butter Battle Book (Read Aloud)
YouTube video by ANDREW DWYER
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October 8, 2026 at 12:41 PM
cdendy76.bsky.social
Next up in challenged#picturebooks to celebrate #BannedBooksWeek: Carmela Full of Wishes!

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Carmela Full of Wishes - Read Aloud Picture Book | Brightly Storytime
YouTube video by Brightly Storytime
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October 8, 2026 at 12:31 PM
cdendy76.bsky.social
Continuing with celebrating #bannedbooksweek, here's a read-aloud of another challenged #picturebook:

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Milo Imagines the World Read Aloud
YouTube video by Reading With Ms. Yes
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October 7, 2026 at 9:40 PM
cdendy76.bsky.social
Another fun but challenged picture book to celebrate #bannedbooksweek!

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Story Books | Read Aloud: The Family Book by Todd Parr
YouTube video by the crashfish
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October 7, 2026 at 9:49 PM
cdendy76.bsky.social
To celebrate #bannedbooksweek, I'm posting read alouds of children's books and other books that have been challenged ... #bannedbooks #challengedbooks

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AND TANGO MAKES THREE
YouTube video by Simon Kids
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October 6, 2026 at 3:27 PM
cdendy76.bsky.social
And because I'm a day late in celebrating #bannedbooksweek with read-alouds of #bannedbooks #challengedbooks, you get a bonus one today ...

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In The Knight Kitchen by Maurice Sendak (Age 4+) I Read Aloud
YouTube video by Read with think-e
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October 6, 2026 at 3:40 PM
lesbipositive.bsky.social
Added three more to my banned / challenged books collection today 💙📚 #booksky #bannedbooks #challengedbooks
February 9, 2025 at 10:27 PM
mommaheather.bsky.social
#BookSky #BannedBooks #ChallengedBooks #BlackWriters
Just finished reading. Fascinating and eye-opening
July 27, 2025 at 1:24 AM
mommaheather.bsky.social
#BookSky #WomenWhoWrite #ChallengedBooks #OctaviaButler Just finished reading. Have to say again how upset I am that it took me so long to discover her. She has a way of drawing you into every character she writes about. #BlackWomenWriters
May 25, 2025 at 3:35 AM
kawaiiwitch.bsky.social
On top collecting in books being banned or have been attempted to get banned. I will alps update when as I finish reading them. I have more than these in my library space. 😆 #challengedbooks #bannedbooks
January 28, 2025 at 11:05 PM
lilblea.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Book 5
#booksky
#tonimorrison
#thebluesteye
#readmorebooks
#challengedbooks
#readbannedbooks
January 10, 2025 at 11:08 PM
listenbannedbooks.bsky.social
Beginning the Red Rising Trilogy now by Pierce Brown.

This one has been banned or challenged in some school districts, as dystopian books often are.

#BookSky
#ChallengedBooks
#BannedBooks
#RedRising
Cover of Red Rising by Pierce Brown. Book 1 of the Red Rising Trilogy. Black cover with a red wing across the front.
April 27, 2025 at 11:28 PM
listenbannedbooks.bsky.social
Well, I officially did not finish a series. I just couldn't not get through it.

I did my best, but some books just aren't for everyone.

#BookSky
#BannedBooks
#ChallengedBooks
April 27, 2025 at 11:23 PM
listenbannedbooks.bsky.social
Books are so incredibly important. #BannedBooks and #ChallengedBooks shouldn't exist. Don't read what you don't like. Don't try to take books away from everyone just because you don't like it.

#BookSky
mychal3ts.bsky.social Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · Jan 25
Issuing a #BookChallenge to the world asking not to challenge books!

Decide not to read books in your own homes, it’s a decision between library grown-ups & library kids. Allow books to be books on bookshelves to show one they belong 💛

Every book isn’t for everyone, but every book is for someone ✨
January 25, 2025 at 12:44 PM
listenbannedbooks.bsky.social
I finished The Other Wes Moore by Wes Moore. It was an interesting enough book. It led to some thoughtful consideration on environment vs. others' expectations of you vs. self-determination and how all of these things are interwoven.

#BookSky #challengedbooks
#audiobooks
I think the best we can do is give our young people a chance to make the best decisions possible by providing them with the information and the tools and the support they need. --Wes Moore
January 6, 2025 at 11:49 AM