Read Free Poster

This beautiful poster by Rafael López, brought to you by SLJ in partnership with Penguin Random House and the organizations listed below, is included in SLJ's May 2022 print issue. The message, "Open books, open doors," is especially relevant in this time of increased book challenges. To support free expression, we are offering the poster here as well, as a download. Social media assets and links to other resources can also be found on this page.

Download the poster

Full size 18" x 24"

Reduced for 11" x 17" printer

Download social media assets

Twitter

Facebook horizontal

Facebook vertical

Instagram square-version 1

Instagram square-version 2

Animated social media assets

Twitter animated gif

Instagram mp4 file

Resources

American Library Association (ALA)

• Report Censorship  ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom provides individual confidential support, guidance, and resources to librarians faced with censorship.
• Fight Censorship  Clearinghouse of resources to assist library workers and library advocates in responding to and supporting others facing those challenges.
• ALA Top 10 Most Challenged Books 
• Unite Against Book Bans  A national initiative to empower readers to stand together in the fight against censorship

Martha Hickson, school librarian, NJ

• Toolkit of challenge resources  Compiled in 2019 during the Fun Home challenge, and updated regularly
• Advocacy Alliance Brainstorming Tool  For compiling and organizing a list of community supporters
• Contract Crosswalk Organizer Tool for demonstrating the librarian's responsibility to select library materials and defend the right to read 
• NH-V Intellectual Freedom Fighters site Community supporters website.

National Coalition Against Censorship

• NCAC Book Challenge Resource Center
• NCAC Resources for Students
• Youth censorship database of K-12 student censorship incidents
• Student Advocates for Speech  A national network of high school free speech clubs
• Handbook for educators

National Council of Teachers of English

• NCTE Standing Committee Against Censorship
• Freedom to Teach, a joint statement of NCTE with National Council for the Social Studies, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, National Science Teachers Association, and NCAC.
• NCTE’s position statement on Students’ Right to Read

Penguin Random House

• Banned Books Resources Hub

PEN America

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