Heather
@heatherchew.bsky.social
Mom, Teacher & Librarian, EdD Student- Education Policy, music, travel, reading,
🐶 dogs > people, banning books has NEVER been on the right side of history
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🐶 dogs > people, banning books has NEVER been on the right side of history
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ICYMI: The mind-boggling list of hundreds of #bannedbooks in Tennessee now includes Calvin and Hobbes by cartoonist Bill Watterson, They Called Us Enemy by @georgetakei.bsky.social, and The Complete Book of Cats by Rosie Pilbeam. More at: pen.org/magic-tree-h... #Caturday #Censorship
July 12, 2025 at 4:56 PM
ICYMI: The mind-boggling list of hundreds of #bannedbooks in Tennessee now includes Calvin and Hobbes by cartoonist Bill Watterson, They Called Us Enemy by @georgetakei.bsky.social, and The Complete Book of Cats by Rosie Pilbeam. More at: pen.org/magic-tree-h... #Caturday #Censorship
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Image of a library book display labeled:
"It's A Warning Not An Instruction Manual"
The books on display are:
'On Tyranny, Twenty Lessons From The 21st Century'
'1984'
'A Handmaids Tale'
'Diary of Anne Frank'
'Parable of The Sower'
'Fahrenheit 451'
'Animal Farm'
'Brave New World'
"It's A Warning Not An Instruction Manual"
The books on display are:
'On Tyranny, Twenty Lessons From The 21st Century'
'1984'
'A Handmaids Tale'
'Diary of Anne Frank'
'Parable of The Sower'
'Fahrenheit 451'
'Animal Farm'
'Brave New World'
March 1, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Image of a library book display labeled:
"It's A Warning Not An Instruction Manual"
The books on display are:
'On Tyranny, Twenty Lessons From The 21st Century'
'1984'
'A Handmaids Tale'
'Diary of Anne Frank'
'Parable of The Sower'
'Fahrenheit 451'
'Animal Farm'
'Brave New World'
"It's A Warning Not An Instruction Manual"
The books on display are:
'On Tyranny, Twenty Lessons From The 21st Century'
'1984'
'A Handmaids Tale'
'Diary of Anne Frank'
'Parable of The Sower'
'Fahrenheit 451'
'Animal Farm'
'Brave New World'
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Happy 50th Birthday to Albuquerque‘s Main Library! Across the country – our public libraries are vital to our communities and our democracy. As a bonafide bibliophile and lover of libraries, I am proud to be on the front lines defending these vital institutions.
Support your local public library!
Support your local public library!
February 22, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Happy 50th Birthday to Albuquerque‘s Main Library! Across the country – our public libraries are vital to our communities and our democracy. As a bonafide bibliophile and lover of libraries, I am proud to be on the front lines defending these vital institutions.
Support your local public library!
Support your local public library!
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Right-wing censors are now "quiet banning" books that they can't removed legally.
Librarians in Chicago have been finding books dealing with race, LGBTQ+ issues or Islam hidden under shelves, in trash cans or otherwise "disappeared."
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/22/l...
Librarians in Chicago have been finding books dealing with race, LGBTQ+ issues or Islam hidden under shelves, in trash cans or otherwise "disappeared."
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/22/l...
Lake County library leaders expect to see more challenged books
A challenge is an attempt to remove or restrict materials, according to the American Library Association. Challenges lead to censorship.
www.chicagotribune.com
February 22, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Right-wing censors are now "quiet banning" books that they can't removed legally.
Librarians in Chicago have been finding books dealing with race, LGBTQ+ issues or Islam hidden under shelves, in trash cans or otherwise "disappeared."
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/22/l...
Librarians in Chicago have been finding books dealing with race, LGBTQ+ issues or Islam hidden under shelves, in trash cans or otherwise "disappeared."
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/22/l...
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The country singer started the “Imagination Library” nearly 30 years ago to encourage early literacy.
www.thedailybeast.com/dolly-parton...
www.thedailybeast.com/dolly-parton...
Dolly Parton Calls Out Indiana Gov Over Plan to Dump Her Imagination Library
The country singer started the “Imagination Library” nearly 30 years ago to encourage early literacy.
www.thedailybeast.com
February 20, 2025 at 4:40 PM
The country singer started the “Imagination Library” nearly 30 years ago to encourage early literacy.
www.thedailybeast.com/dolly-parton...
www.thedailybeast.com/dolly-parton...
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Read, share, and gift banned books. pen.org/banned-books...
Banned Books List 2025 - PEN America
What books are banned in 2025? These are the 11 most banned books of the 2023-2024 school year. The banned books list for 2025 includes "Nineteen Minutes," by Jodi Picoult.
pen.org
February 17, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Read, share, and gift banned books. pen.org/banned-books...
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A new North Dakota bill would require stores to pull any book with any "material harmful to minors" from the shelves.
For those in the cheap seats, that effectively means ANY mention of sex, sexuality or gender.
A bookseller could be arrested for displaying 1984.
www.inforum.com/opinion/colu...
For those in the cheap seats, that effectively means ANY mention of sex, sexuality or gender.
A bookseller could be arrested for displaying 1984.
www.inforum.com/opinion/colu...
Port: It's not just about kids, and it's not just libraries
Legislation under consideration in Bismarck wouldn't just restrict access to books in schools and libraries. The language of the bill also applies to private book stores.
www.inforum.com
February 15, 2025 at 6:27 PM
A new North Dakota bill would require stores to pull any book with any "material harmful to minors" from the shelves.
For those in the cheap seats, that effectively means ANY mention of sex, sexuality or gender.
A bookseller could be arrested for displaying 1984.
www.inforum.com/opinion/colu...
For those in the cheap seats, that effectively means ANY mention of sex, sexuality or gender.
A bookseller could be arrested for displaying 1984.
www.inforum.com/opinion/colu...
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Early Christmas present from the Western District of Arkansas in favor of the first amendment and against the ARGOP’s book banning idiocy. arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...
Arkansas book-censorship law ruled unconstitutional - Arkansas Times
The book censorship law had already been put on temporary hold.
arktimes.com
December 23, 2024 at 7:24 PM
Early Christmas present from the Western District of Arkansas in favor of the first amendment and against the ARGOP’s book banning idiocy. arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...
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It's a good day to be a New Jerseyan.
PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy signed a law Monday to prohibit public and school libraries from banning books in the state and to enshrine protections against civil and criminal charges for librarians who comply with the law.
PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy signed a law Monday to prohibit public and school libraries from banning books in the state and to enshrine protections against civil and criminal charges for librarians who comply with the law.
December 9, 2024 at 5:17 PM
It's a good day to be a New Jerseyan.
PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy signed a law Monday to prohibit public and school libraries from banning books in the state and to enshrine protections against civil and criminal charges for librarians who comply with the law.
PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy signed a law Monday to prohibit public and school libraries from banning books in the state and to enshrine protections against civil and criminal charges for librarians who comply with the law.