If you believe that:
1) Reading is critical to our democracy.
2) Books help us understand complex issues.
3) Parents shouldn’t make decisions for other parents’ children.
4) Youth deserve to see themselves in books.
Join the campaign to #UniteAgainstBookBans: uniteagainstbookbans.org/take-action/
1) Reading is critical to our democracy.
2) Books help us understand complex issues.
3) Parents shouldn’t make decisions for other parents’ children.
4) Youth deserve to see themselves in books.
Join the campaign to #UniteAgainstBookBans: uniteagainstbookbans.org/take-action/
Join the movement.
We should trust individuals to make their own decisions. Raise your voice for everyone's freedom to read. #UniteAgainstBookBans
uniteagainstbookbans.org
August 14, 2025 at 1:12 AM
If you believe that:
1) Reading is critical to our democracy.
2) Books help us understand complex issues.
3) Parents shouldn’t make decisions for other parents’ children.
4) Youth deserve to see themselves in books.
Join the campaign to #UniteAgainstBookBans: uniteagainstbookbans.org/take-action/
1) Reading is critical to our democracy.
2) Books help us understand complex issues.
3) Parents shouldn’t make decisions for other parents’ children.
4) Youth deserve to see themselves in books.
Join the campaign to #UniteAgainstBookBans: uniteagainstbookbans.org/take-action/
As a member of @authorsabb.bsky.social, I am proud to #ReadFreely at a local bookstore. #UniteAgainstBookBans. (My shirt reads “I survived reading banned books and all I got was smarter. I am reading LITTLE WOMEN.)
January 25, 2025 at 10:56 PM
As a member of @authorsabb.bsky.social, I am proud to #ReadFreely at a local bookstore. #UniteAgainstBookBans. (My shirt reads “I survived reading banned books and all I got was smarter. I am reading LITTLE WOMEN.)
Good news from Colorado: A U.S. District Judge ordered a school district to restore library books they banned by next week, prohibiting the district from further restrictions on access to books that the school board objects to politically.
#UniteAgainstBookBans
www.denverpost.com/2025/03/19/e...
#UniteAgainstBookBans
www.denverpost.com/2025/03/19/e...
Federal judge orders Colorado district to return banned books to school libraries
The order prohibits the school board from removing books “because the district disagrees with the views expressed therein or merely to further their preferred political or religious orthodoxy.”
www.denverpost.com
March 20, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Good news from Colorado: A U.S. District Judge ordered a school district to restore library books they banned by next week, prohibiting the district from further restrictions on access to books that the school board objects to politically.
#UniteAgainstBookBans
www.denverpost.com/2025/03/19/e...
#UniteAgainstBookBans
www.denverpost.com/2025/03/19/e...
Librarians respect each person's right to read what they want, but not to dictate what other people's children read. Join us: UniteAgainstBookBans.org @UniteAgainstBookBans #UniteAgainstBookBans
October 10, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Librarians respect each person's right to read what they want, but not to dictate what other people's children read. Join us: UniteAgainstBookBans.org @UniteAgainstBookBans #UniteAgainstBookBans
every author in this video has had their books banned #BannedBooksWeek #UniteAgainstBookBans
get involved to stop the attacks on our freedom to read: uniteagainstbookbans.org
get involved to stop the attacks on our freedom to read: uniteagainstbookbans.org
We have a very important message for you this #BannedBooksWeek: Get involved! All week long we'll be sharing tips on books to read and how to join the fight for the freedom to read.
#FreedomToRead #BooksNotBans #BannedBooks #ReadBannedBooks
#FreedomToRead #BooksNotBans #BannedBooks #ReadBannedBooks
October 6, 2025 at 2:54 PM
every author in this video has had their books banned #BannedBooksWeek #UniteAgainstBookBans
get involved to stop the attacks on our freedom to read: uniteagainstbookbans.org
get involved to stop the attacks on our freedom to read: uniteagainstbookbans.org
A few suggestions to do something. #uniteagainstbookbans
November 26, 2024 at 12:45 PM
A few suggestions to do something. #uniteagainstbookbans
Want to stay in the loop about book challenges in your community? Follow @uabookbans.bsky.social & sign up to receive their updates #UniteAgainstBookBans
November 15, 2024 at 11:33 PM
Want to stay in the loop about book challenges in your community? Follow @uabookbans.bsky.social & sign up to receive their updates #UniteAgainstBookBans
We believe that every person, of every age, of every race, of every gender, no matter who they love, or where they live, should have access to books that reflect and expand their worldview. #UniteAgainstBookBans #BannedBooksWeek
October 8, 2025 at 6:46 PM
We believe that every person, of every age, of every race, of every gender, no matter who they love, or where they live, should have access to books that reflect and expand their worldview. #UniteAgainstBookBans #BannedBooksWeek
As efforts to ban books in Oregon libraries rise, library patrons and supporters are pushing back. #UniteAgainstBookBans
“The vast majority want represented, diverse, and inclusive collections available." --Darin Stewart, Parents Defending Schools and Libraries
yachatsnews.com/book-banning...
“The vast majority want represented, diverse, and inclusive collections available." --Darin Stewart, Parents Defending Schools and Libraries
yachatsnews.com/book-banning...
Efforts to ban books in Oregon libraries on the rise; library patrons and supporters are pushing back • YachatsNews.com
By AMANDA WALDROUPE/Oregon ArtsWatch In December the Grants Pass School District approved removing two books from the Grants Pass High School Library: All Boys Aren’t Blue – George M. Johnson’s memoi...
yachatsnews.com
January 3, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Free people, read freely.
Free countries don't ban books.
Build home libraries of banned books.
uniteagainstbookbans.org
Free countries don't ban books.
Build home libraries of banned books.
uniteagainstbookbans.org
Unite Against Book Bans
We should trust individuals to make their own decisions. Raise your voice for everyone's freedom to read. #UniteAgainstBookBans
uniteagainstbookbans.org
February 11, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Free people, read freely.
Free countries don't ban books.
Build home libraries of banned books.
uniteagainstbookbans.org
Free countries don't ban books.
Build home libraries of banned books.
uniteagainstbookbans.org
Freiburg, Germany, Central Station Bookshop (right @the center of the shop‘s entryway):
“This is a selection of books which are banned at schools in the US“.
#UniteAgainstBookBans
#FreedomToRead
@ala-pla.bsky.social
@librarypolicy.bsky.social
“This is a selection of books which are banned at schools in the US“.
#UniteAgainstBookBans
#FreedomToRead
@ala-pla.bsky.social
@librarypolicy.bsky.social
April 4, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Freiburg, Germany, Central Station Bookshop (right @the center of the shop‘s entryway):
“This is a selection of books which are banned at schools in the US“.
#UniteAgainstBookBans
#FreedomToRead
@ala-pla.bsky.social
@librarypolicy.bsky.social
“This is a selection of books which are banned at schools in the US“.
#UniteAgainstBookBans
#FreedomToRead
@ala-pla.bsky.social
@librarypolicy.bsky.social
Take at least ONE action to help defend books from censorship and speak up for those who make them available. Find resources/tools + actions you can take in just 5 mins: uniteagainstbookbans.org/let-freedom-read-day #BannedBooksWeek #UniteAgainstBookBans @la-cac.org @aaslala.bsky.social
October 5, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Take at least ONE action to help defend books from censorship and speak up for those who make them available. Find resources/tools + actions you can take in just 5 mins: uniteagainstbookbans.org/let-freedom-read-day #BannedBooksWeek #UniteAgainstBookBans @la-cac.org @aaslala.bsky.social
Florida officials pressured schools to remove books without proper review—violating their own laws and the First Amendment.
ALA joined 40+ groups and authors calling on lawmakers to investigate this dangerous overreach.
📚💙 #UniteAgainstBookBans
www.tallahassee.com/story/news/l...
ALA joined 40+ groups and authors calling on lawmakers to investigate this dangerous overreach.
📚💙 #UniteAgainstBookBans
www.tallahassee.com/story/news/l...
Groups urge Florida lawmakers to probe school book removals
Advocacy groups are asking a Florida executive oversight committee to investigate state orders to remove books from school district libraries.
www.tallahassee.com
June 20, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Florida officials pressured schools to remove books without proper review—violating their own laws and the First Amendment.
ALA joined 40+ groups and authors calling on lawmakers to investigate this dangerous overreach.
📚💙 #UniteAgainstBookBans
www.tallahassee.com/story/news/l...
ALA joined 40+ groups and authors calling on lawmakers to investigate this dangerous overreach.
📚💙 #UniteAgainstBookBans
www.tallahassee.com/story/news/l...
Help us defend the freedom to read in your community by signing up to receive action alerts, tools, and updates from the #UniteAgainstBookBans campaign: uniteagainstbookbans.org/take-action/
Join the movement.
We should trust individuals to make their own decisions. Raise your voice for everyone's freedom to read. #UniteAgainstBookBans
uniteagainstbookbans.org
March 10, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Help us defend the freedom to read in your community by signing up to receive action alerts, tools, and updates from the #UniteAgainstBookBans campaign: uniteagainstbookbans.org/take-action/
We ❤️ to see so many different groups coming together to #UniteAgainstBookBans! We’re stronger together. Thank you to @freadomfighters.bsky.social and all who spoke up for libraries and the freedom to read today in Texas.
So we thank the authors, parents, grandparents, veterans, librarians, and citizens who spoke up for library access today. We ask the legislature - Don't mess with Texas libraries! @aclutx.bsky.social @equalitytexas.bsky.social @aabbri.bsky.social @everylibrary.bsky.social #txlege
May 19, 2025 at 10:40 PM
We ❤️ to see so many different groups coming together to #UniteAgainstBookBans! We’re stronger together. Thank you to @freadomfighters.bsky.social and all who spoke up for libraries and the freedom to read today in Texas.
Rhode Island Governor Dan McKee signed the Freedom to Read Act into law Wednesday.
rhodeislandcurrent.com/briefs/gov-m...
#UniteAgainstBookBans
#FreePeopleReadFreely
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#UniteAgainstBookBans
#FreePeopleReadFreely
Gov. McKee signs Freedom to Read Act into law • Rhode Island Current
Rhode Island joined at least eight other blue states that have taken steps against school library censorship after Gov. Dan McKee signed the Freedom to Read Act into law Wednesday.
rhodeislandcurrent.com
July 5, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Rhode Island Governor Dan McKee signed the Freedom to Read Act into law Wednesday.
rhodeislandcurrent.com/briefs/gov-m...
#UniteAgainstBookBans
#FreePeopleReadFreely
rhodeislandcurrent.com/briefs/gov-m...
#UniteAgainstBookBans
#FreePeopleReadFreely
Love this Right to Read Day artwork from Nate Powell?
Send a digital postcard to the library workers in your life or download and print!
#UniteAgainstBookBans
#RightToReadDay
📚
Send a digital postcard to the library workers in your life or download and print!
#UniteAgainstBookBans
#RightToReadDay
📚
Send an electronic #DrawnToFreedom postcard to your local library to let them know you support them and the freedom to read. Your message can be a powerful tool to build support for libraries. The form is live now—you don’t have to wait for #RightToReadDay!
uniteagainstbookbans.org/right-to-rea...
uniteagainstbookbans.org/right-to-rea...
April 7, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Love this Right to Read Day artwork from Nate Powell?
Send a digital postcard to the library workers in your life or download and print!
#UniteAgainstBookBans
#RightToReadDay
📚
Send a digital postcard to the library workers in your life or download and print!
#UniteAgainstBookBans
#RightToReadDay
📚
On @marketplace.org's Make Me Smart, ALA President @samhelmick.bsky.social explains how attacks on federal funding, book bans, and the shift to digital are threatening the future of public libraries and why it matters to every community.
www.marketplace.org/episode/2025...
#UniteAgainstBookBans
www.marketplace.org/episode/2025...
#UniteAgainstBookBans
Public libraries on the line
Funding cuts aren’t the only thing libraries are up against.
www.marketplace.org
August 1, 2025 at 6:46 PM
On @marketplace.org's Make Me Smart, ALA President @samhelmick.bsky.social explains how attacks on federal funding, book bans, and the shift to digital are threatening the future of public libraries and why it matters to every community.
www.marketplace.org/episode/2025...
#UniteAgainstBookBans
www.marketplace.org/episode/2025...
#UniteAgainstBookBans
Books change lives! Read a personal testament from a reader shared by @ryanestrada.com #FReadom #UniteAgainstBookBans
One of the highlights of my life is when young people send us their fan-sequels to Banned Book Club and No Rules Tonight.
Haruna Toba, a student at Japan's Akita University, sent us this touching manga where Hyun Sook meets the characters from her favorite book.
(and gave us permission to share)
Haruna Toba, a student at Japan's Akita University, sent us this touching manga where Hyun Sook meets the characters from her favorite book.
(and gave us permission to share)
November 18, 2024 at 1:06 PM
Books change lives! Read a personal testament from a reader shared by @ryanestrada.com #FReadom #UniteAgainstBookBans
Read our latest update on book bans and challenges happening across the U.S. and efforts to thwart them.
ilovelibraries.org/article/u-s-...
#UniteAgainstBookBans
ilovelibraries.org/article/u-s-...
#UniteAgainstBookBans
March 2, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Read our latest update on book bans and challenges happening across the U.S. and efforts to thwart them.
ilovelibraries.org/article/u-s-...
#UniteAgainstBookBans
ilovelibraries.org/article/u-s-...
#UniteAgainstBookBans
“The response to the missing books has been overwhelming and mostly positive for the library. We will use the donated money to replace the books and buy more like them.”
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/libr...
📚💙 #UniteAgainstBookBans
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/libr...
📚💙 #UniteAgainstBookBans
Library receives donations to replace books church leaders targeted for LGBTQ+ themes
In a matter of a few days, nearly $1,000 has been donated to the Shelby County Public Library to replace 16 LGBTQ+ books a local church had recommended to check out and never return. “The response to ...
www.newsfromthestates.com
August 25, 2025 at 3:49 PM
“The response to the missing books has been overwhelming and mostly positive for the library. We will use the donated money to replace the books and buy more like them.”
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/libr...
📚💙 #UniteAgainstBookBans
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/libr...
📚💙 #UniteAgainstBookBans
Reading comics is reading!
New ALA Graphic Novels and Comics Round Table gear is now live!
#libcomix #RightToReadDay #UniteAgainstBookBans #NationalLibraryWeek
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New ALA Graphic Novels and Comics Round Table gear is now live!
#libcomix #RightToReadDay #UniteAgainstBookBans #NationalLibraryWeek
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April 8, 2024 at 4:01 PM
Reading comics is reading!
New ALA Graphic Novels and Comics Round Table gear is now live!
#libcomix #RightToReadDay #UniteAgainstBookBans #NationalLibraryWeek
alagraphics-gift-shop.myspreadshop.com/gncrt
New ALA Graphic Novels and Comics Round Table gear is now live!
#libcomix #RightToReadDay #UniteAgainstBookBans #NationalLibraryWeek
alagraphics-gift-shop.myspreadshop.com/gncrt