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

by American Booksellers Association and Philomena Polefrone American Booksellers Association 9/16/2024, paperback SKU: 9798869336354   The ABA Right to Read Handbook: A Reader's Guide to Fighting Book Bans provides 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. About the Auth