The ABA Right to Read Handbook: Fighting Book Bans and Why It Matters

By American Booksellers Association

Book Overview

The ABA Right to Read Handbook: A Reader's Guide to Fighting Book Bans will provide a comprehensive guide to resisting the epidemic of book censorship through local organizing and engaged citizenship. The Handbook is designed for the potential activist who may only have a few hours to spare each month. It identifies the causes, actors, motivations, and strategies of groups attempting to ban books across the country. It offers step-by-step guides for voting in a school board election, understanding a school board's policies, contacting elected officials, and more. It features interviews with free expression advocates and state-by-state profiles of local advocacy organizations. Finally, the content is organized into a playbook that will allow concerned readers to begin defending the right to read as soon as book bans arrive in their community.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0D68Y8KLH
• ISBN13: 9798869336354
• Release Date: September 2024
• Publisher: American Booksellers Association
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.0" x 8.0"