U.S. Congress Members Reintroduce Federal ‘Right to Read’ Act

U.S. lawmakers reintroduce legislation that would support "evidence-based reading instruction, well stocked and staffed school libraries, family literacy programs, a wide range of reading materials, and the freedom to choose what to read."…
https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/12/u-s-congress-members-reintroduce-federal-right-to-read-act/

#AdelitaGrijalva #FreedomtoRead #JackReed #Libraries #RighttoRead

The Dangerous #Legal Strategy Coming for Our #Books

Our picture book was pulled from #library shelves in #Florida. The argument being used to defend the #ban threatens the #RightToRead.

#GiftArticle #BookBans #PublicSchools #Libraries #education #censorship #dictatorship #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny #democracy #Trump #Republicans #Trumplicans #Nazis #freedom #PursuitOfHappiness
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/08/book-bans-public-schools/683921/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxQRB7Ir4-5StHTgxE4TeNao

When Copyright Enters the AI Conversation

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2025/08/15/when-copyright-enters-the-ai-conversation/

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/09/trump-congress-librarian-fired

I'm pretty sure he fired her right after he read that tweet. There's no way he knows how libraries work. I feel terrible for what the country is doing to future generations of minds. 😔 #libraries #righttoread #dystopia

"The Library is a Free Space," Erik Ruin, 2023 --

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#mla #libraries #righttoread #literacy #democracy #ala

𝙎𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙢𝙖𝙮 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙡𝙞𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙧𝙮:

Friends to talk books! Find reading groups, buddy reads, talks and free classes and more. (You can even improve your skills!) Share your excitement for reading!

#NationalLibraryWeek #useyourlibrary #readreadread #literacy #books #literature #RightToRead #bookworm

𝙎𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙢𝙖𝙮 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙡𝙞𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙧𝙮:

The Library of Things! Check out what you can borrow besides books! Games, videos, music, seeds, fishing poles, cake pans, tools, hiking kits, who knows? Find out what your branch offers! Mine offers therapy lights!

#NationalLibraryWeek #useyourlibrary #readreadread #literacy #books #literature #RightToRead #bookworm

𝙎𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙢𝙖𝙮 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙡𝙞𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙧𝙮:

It doesn't really matter if your library has a book handy: it has inter-library loans! You can get a book from anywhere the library is networked! Just ask! (That bestseller, too.)

#NationalLibraryWeek #useyourlibrary #readreadread #literacy #books #literature #RightToRead #bookworm

𝙎𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙢𝙖𝙮 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙡𝙞𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙧𝙮:

What are you studying for? Need some practice tests and guides? Most libraries have databases and networks for GMAT, AP, IB, SAT, and dozens of others! (and still free!)

#NationalLibraryWeek #AP #SAT #GMAT #IB #useyourlibrary #readreadread #literacy #books #literature #RightToRead #bookworm