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What you should know about one book the Naval Academy took out of its library

Posted on May 14, 2025 by Julia Tomiak / 1 Comment

A review of a historical fiction book removed from the shelves of the US Naval Academy Library.

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2023 marked the highest number of book bans yet

Posted on September 23, 2024 by Julia Tomiak / 2 Comments

Check out some concerning book ban data from 2023, as well as a review of a popular banned book, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian

How to encourage reading/News from book business

Scary trend: Book challenges causing more self-censorship  

Posted on October 6, 2023 by Julia Tomiak / 5 Comments

Here's what increasing book challenges are doing to our school librarians.

Graphic on Banned Books Week, Sept 18/24, 2022
How to encourage reading

Why we need to embrace reading books

Posted on September 16, 2022 by Julia Tomiak / 6 Comments

Why reading is important and needs to be protected. #Bannedbooks

Book reviews/Favorite Authors

What you need to know about The Bluest Eye

Posted on May 6, 2022 by Julia Tomiak / 2 Comments

The Bluest Eye is being targeted more often these days in schools and libraries. Learn more about this book.

How to encourage reading/News from book business

Nirvana Comics raises money to fight book banning

Posted on February 4, 2022 by Julia Tomiak / 4 Comments

An inspiring story of how NIrvana Comics is fighting the trend of book banning

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