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Opening Doors, Turning Pages: How Prison Libraries Help Build Second Chances

October 17, 2025

Across the country, prison libraries and book donation programs such as Books to Prisons are giving incarcerated people the tools, skills, and sense of connection they need to prepare for life after incarceration.

Texas School Bans Students from the Library

October 16, 2025

SB 13 is a bill that removes local control from public schools across Texas and gives politicians (not parents) the power to decide what books are or are not available to students.

Up Your Game at the Library

October 14, 2025

Games—at libraries? Aren’t games (video or otherwise) antisocial and mind-numbing? Not to mention noisy! Why on earth would libraries become involved in the world of gaming?

School Library Musings: Tom, the Book Flood Guy

October 10, 2025

What do Matt de la Peña, Margarita Engle, Jerry Craft, Nikki Grimes, and Amanda Jones all have in common?

Send a Postcard to Oppose Book Bans!

October 08, 2025

We're partnering with civicmail.org to make it easy to send a postcard to your local, state, or federal elected officials to tell them to put an end to book bans in the United States.

Florida Schools Are Bypassing Book Review Laws: Parents Push Back

October 07, 2025

Florida schools are quietly pulling hundreds of books off their shelves—but not always through the legal review process. Instead, fearing lawsuits or retaliation from the State Board of Education, many districts are removing titles without formal challenges from parents or committee input. This rush to comply with political pressures has left families and educators cut out of the conversation.

Banned for What?! Some of the Most Absurd Reasons for Book Challenges

October 03, 2025

Banned Books Week is here (Oct. 5–11), an event sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) in response to the ever-increasing challenges libraries face today, as more and more people demand that certain books be removed from shelves. A large number of book ban requests today attempt to silence BIPOC and LGBTQ+ voices specifically, a troubling and dangerous trend that can make these vital stories unavailable to the readers who need them most.

EverydayAdvocacy.org—Helping to Address Censorship and Book Banning in Libraries and Schools

September 30, 2025

How can we demonstrate the value of books on controversial or challenging topics in order to counter banning efforts? One way is to hear from the authors—especially the stories they can tell us about how their own books have made a difference in the lives of young readers.

Lifting Voices: Recommended Audiobook Listening for Hispanic Heritage Month

September 26, 2025

For Hispanic Heritage Month, we are highlighting award-winning audiobook narrator and writer André Santana, who shares his thoughts and personal audiobook recommendations from Latin American voices—all available for free through your local library’s listening app!

Libraries Anchor the Campus Community

September 23, 2025

Academic libraries often provide employment and internship opportunities to students, but they also support patrons in other meaningful ways.
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