Right to Read Day

These book resumes help give in depth information about books that are commonly censored. The resume help librarians and other stakeholders to discuss the educational purpose and literary value of each book. Books are added on a regular basis.

This toolkit provided by UABB gives talking points, tips for talking to the media, social media tools, and how to organize on the local level if censorship efforts are happening in your area.

AASL Past President, Kathy Lester, discusses in the this KQED blog about the Right to Read and how the current movements across the nation in school districts and in legislatures are impacting our students’ right to read.

The original statement from 1953 of the Freedom to Read.

The National Council of Teachers of English include lesson plans about the right to read for two levels; grades 3-10 and 9-12.

NEA provides tips on how to establish a book club for students to celebrate the right to read with a well thought out check list and resources to provide tips to first time book club creators.

Specific activities for upper elementary to celebrate the right to read.

Host a book swap. These ideas from Reading Rockets can be easily tailored for a small group of kids or for a school library. Ideas are applicable for all ages and are a great way to celebrate the right to read.

This list from the NYPL library provides a series of book lists for all ages of many books that have been challenged and banned.

Celebrate the right to read with your students using any of these student award lists from ALA!