Books 📚 , horses 🐴 & young readers! That’s a great evening! Our Packhorse Library Powered by The Bryi’s Pet Sitting Service was so much fun tonight with Splendora ISD! We are almost cleared out of picture books! Put a book in the hands of a young reader w a $10 donation! readingisrevolutionary.org

Looking for the perfect Independence Day attire? Pick up one of our “Keep Your Bans Off Our Books” t-shirts! Only $23 and proceeds go to support fighting book censorship and elevating diverse voices! Readingisrevolutionary.org

Reading Is Revolutionary is turning 1! Help us elevate diverse voices, fight censorship and engage the community in literature! Our Gofund Me is so close to our goal—can you help us get across the finish line? www.gofundme.com/f/stand-with...

To all who wrote their representative to ask them to vote no on HB 1375 THANK YOU!! The bill is not moving forward! Now on to the next call to action: SB 13 is a poorly written bill that can be weaponized to purge books in school libraries that censors deem "offensive" or without educational value.

If you need to visualize how the book restriction bill SB13 would damage Texas schools, here’s the just-released Free-Response Question 3 (Set 2) from this year’s AP Literature exam. And, next to it, here’s the same question with the books that would be banned from schools under the bill whited out.

The TX legislature is coming after books. HB 1375 lets anyone sue bookshops for damages if their minor accessed content they deemed “harmful.” It's a bad bill & will have a chilling effect on your 1st Amendment rights. Tell your rep to vote NO on HB 1375. Find your rep: wrm.capitol.texas.gov/home

Remember when the uber wealthy loved libraries? Use the interactive map to find out which of your local libraries were made possible by Andrew Carnegie

HB 3225 is the public library bill that would severely limit unaccompanied teenager’s access to books in their public libraries- and could result in banning them from libraries all together. More here: www.txftrp.org/stop_house_b...

Build your own banned book library—while you still can. We’ve curated a selection from two banned book lists. And we will keep adding to it! myvillagebooks.indielite.org/list/book-ba... myvillagebooks.indielite.org/list/conroe-...

At Reading Is Revolutionary, we believe that sharing stories can change lives. It can bridge divisions, offer comfort & hope, & open new perspectives. Your donation helps us: Provide free books to those in need Support literacy programs Protect access to books www.readingisrevolutionary.org

Oso the bookshop dog’s kissing (slobbering?) booth is ready for Independent Bookstore Day. He’s raising $$ for books for kids who can’t afford them. Good boy, Oso!

Hi y’all, We are tracking two bad book bills moving in the Texas legislative session that we need you to take action on this week. www.txftrp.org/two_tx_book_...

Susan Cooper is the Georgetown High School librarian who is taking a stand against censorship, and speaking out for her students’ right to read. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 The story is currently available to @austin-statesman.com subscribers. www.statesman.com/story/news/p...

The Numbers Don’t Lie: In just three years, instances of book bans have quadrupled. Censorship is accelerating at an alarming rate, silencing diverse voices and limiting access to critical stories. We must act NOW to protect the freedom to read! #FightBookBans #LetBooksBeBooks #FreedomToRead

Our nonprofit, Reading Is Revolutionary, is organizing a FREE book fair for kids aging out of foster care. If you would like to donate or help sponsor this project, visit readingisrevolutionary.org, and make a tax deductible donation.

Contact your Texas state senator and ask them to oppose SB13 before it’s too late. Find out who represents you in the Texas Senate here: wrm.capitol.texas.gov/home

Pay attention Texas! SB13 would require challenged books be removed *while* they undergo reconsideration so we could see this exact scenario play out here, too.

Buckle up Texas friends. Thursday is going to be a BIG day in the Texas Senate Committee Meeting. 10AM. At the Capital. There are a lot of bad bills being discussed, but we are focusing on SB13. Here’s a long list of actions you can choose to take. www.txftrp.org/oppose_sb_13...

This is what 500 board books look like! They are on their way to children in food-insecure homes via Kids’ Meals for Read Across America Day! Thanks to all who donated! If you’d like to make a tax deductible gift for projects like this, donate to our nonprofit at readingisrevolutionary.org!

1 of the 500 books we’re donating to Montgomery Co Route of Kids’ Meals for kids in food-insecure homes! Isn’t it sweet? To help us celebrate Read Across America Day & get a new book in the hands of a child make a tax deductible gift at readingisrevolutionary.org! @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social

We are so excited to announce our special guest for the 2025 Books on the Green at The Woodlands Waterway Arts Festival: award-winning fantasy and science fiction author Martha Wells! Reserve your seat (April 12 @ 1pm) at myvillagebooks.com.

Next week is Reading Is Revolutionary’s biggest book donation to date (and we’re not even a year old): 500 books to Kids’ Meals for kids in food-insecure homes for Read Across America Day! Make a tax deductible donation at readingisrevolutionary.org and help get a book in the hands of a child!

Introducing the 2025-iest promotion of 2025! Runs until we run out of eggs!

If you’re a lawyer who loves libraries, consider participating in Lawyers for Libraries. uniteagainstbookbans.org/l4l-attorney...

Some amazing people stood up today in support of our public library. Background to what is happening in our county here: www.readingisrevolutionary.org/advocacy To listen to today’s comments click below and on "citizens" in the left menu montgomerycountytx.new.swagit.com/videos/334491

This week Village Books held a community forum in response to concerns about the dismissal of the library director of Montgomery County Memorial Library System. More than 50 concerned citizens showed up. We recapped our concerns on our nonprofit’s website: www.readingisrevolutionary.org/advocacy

If you’re local to Montgomery County, consider attending the Community Forum being hosted by Teresa Kenney at @villagebookstw.bsky.social on Tuesday night. www.myvillagebooks.com/event-detail...

Reading Is Revolutionary is raising $ to provide new bilingual board books to the Montgomery County Route of Kids’ Meals on Read Across America Day. The org will deliver the books along with meals to kids in food insecure homes. Order here: www.readingisrevolutionary.org/category/all...

Rhea Young, director of Libraries in Montgomery Cty TX, was fired for refusing to accept a conservative book banning agenda. Help fix this with me? Actionable steps here: docs.google.com/document/d/1... #booksky

Join us next week for our first off-site storytelling competition at The Blue Lion Pub! FREE! RSVP at www.myvillagebooks.com/event-detail...

On Feb 28, Reading Is Revolutionary, Village Books’ nonprofit, is donating 500 new bilingual board books to children in food-insecure homes in Montgomery Co. thru Kids' Meals. Please help us reach our goal with a gift of $10. You can donate here: www.readingisrevolutionary.org

Thanks for making 2024 such a joy! Here’s to elevating diverse voices, fighting book bans and getting kids excited about reading in 2025!

“All I’m asking for is $1 and an apology. I believe in free speech, but free speech doesn’t mean you get to make up lies about someone. I am looking forward to holding these men accountable for their malicious actions.” Thank you, @slj.com!

@kennedytackett.bsky.social wrote an op-ed in June of 2023 dealing with banning books and the implications of it. She's spot on, and agreed to let me add her words to See It Name It Fight It to close out 2024. Give it a read and share! #SINIFI #BannedBooks open.substack.com/pub/christac...

Our April 2024 cover featured Amanda Chacon: Community Champion | 2024 School Librarian of the Year Learn about her remarkable program. #inspiration www.slj.com/story/amanda...

Came into the store today to find some letters addressed to kids who wrote to Santa and put them in our Santa mailbox! Guess I’ll be delivering them this Christmas Eve day!

💯 No one has been more central to the publishing industry’s efforts to fight censorship than Skip Dye. Thank you to Skip and the entire PRH team for your generosity, expertise & tireless commitment to defending the freedom to read & supporting libraries. www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Nina Crews on the research that went into her new picture book, Extraordinary Magic, about the children’s author and literary legend Virginia Hamilton Our February 2024 cover series "Truth in Storytelling," cover illustration by Nina Crews. www.slj.com/story/nina-c...

For those of you who stopped by the bookshop yesterday and tried to help me figure out what that ginormous blotch of green was on my pants pocket: I can confirm now that it was indeed green cupcake icing.

I’m at the age when people misspell common words and the dictionary says, “meh, it happens so often now, both versions are correct.” And that pisses me off more than should be reasonably expected.

Our nonprofit Reading Is Revolutionary held its first Packhorse Library at RB Tullis Library! Books were given to children in honor of packhorse librarians who headed out on horseback during the Great Depression to pass out reading materials in remote areas of Appalachia. readingisrevolutionary.org.

I was a teen who sometimes felt too panicked to function. Parties felt like minefields, my future seemed fragile, and the ways I could fail on a daily basis numbered near infinite.

"I hate how packed full of nursery rhymes it is." Can you guess the children’s book by its scathing one-star review on Goodreads?

Looks like we can finally agree after 3+ years of debate that removing books from school library shelves because of disagreement with the ideas & content they contain IS a book “ban.” Even if you can buy the book at Walmart. Or find a free copy in every hotel room in America.

Can’t wait for Saturday’s first Packhorse Library with our nonprofit Reading Is Revolutionary! We’ve got the books ready to give away and the library is bringing the fun! Thanks to everyone who donated to our nonprofit and made this possible!

The end of the year is approaching & we know there have been many book challenges submitted in schools & public libraries. Be sure to submit to ALA’s OIF so that all data is captured! @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social www.ala.org/tools/challe...

Y’all are amazing!!! We are placing a large order of books today for Reading Is Revolutionary’s Packhorse Library event! What an amazing holiday gift you’ve given these children and our community! THANK YOU!

The Texas Institute of Letters has 3 awards for authors of books for young readers, each with a $1,000 prize & a 1/6 submission deadline: Jean Flynn Award for Best YA Deirdre Siobhan FlynnBass Award for Best MG Brigid Erin Flynn Award for Best PB texasinstituteofletters.org/til-2024-lit... #kidlit