Thanks to Hollis Helmeci, the new director at the Rusk County Library in Ladysmith, for this information. The authors of an upcoming ALA Publications book, True Stories of Censorship Battles in American Libraries are collecting stories for their book. If you have had a successful OR not-so-great censorship struggle in your library, they would love to hear from you. They are welcoming essay submissions or will do an interview with you. For more information on what they are looking for, you can check out the website, www.librarycensorship.com.
Free “Freadom to Read Kits” from The Children’s Book Council and Every Child a Reader
I got an email from the Children's Book Council today that you might want to consider: The Children’s Book Council and Every Child a Reader are offering a new “Keep Bans Off Our Books” kit for librarians, teachers, and booksellers in support of the right to free...