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Kids' Right to Read @KidsRight2Read

Book banned in your neighborhood? Who you gonna call? Kids' Right to Read! A joint project of NCAC @ncacensorship and ABFFE @freadom

Joined May 2012
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KRRP letter to @ccpsinfo urges schools not to ban/rate books based on "sexually explicit" content #censorship ncac.org/wp-content/uploads/…
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Rest in peace to the wonderful, inspiring Terry Pratchett.
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Comic Book Legal Defense Fund
@CBLDF
9 Mar 2015
CBLDF joins @kidsright2read on letter defending PALOMAR! @ncacensorship @fantagraphics ow.ly/K7qaa
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Disturbed by a NM mother's allegations that @BetomessGilbert's wonderful Palomar was "child porn"? KRRP was, too: bit.ly/1MlXysZ

An Acclaimed Graphic Novel...Or Child Porn? Palomar Under Scrutiny In New Mexico - National...

*UPDATE: Good news! Just a week after NCAC's letter, a review committee voted to keep Palomar on the school library's bookshelves.     A mother in Rio Rancho, New Mexico has called Gilbert Hernande...

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Was OH's Greenville Public Library wrong to remove a Rush Limbaugh children's book? KRRP says yes: ncac.org/incident/curatorial…
Ever interested in knowing about book censorship in Iran? It's easing under @HassanRouhani: almon.co/2d1b
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Tim O'Brien
@TimOBrien
13 Feb 2015
"Defending free speech means defending knuckleheads and visionaries alike." - David Carr
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In which @ericbrohmer pays tribute to @judyblume on her birthday: ncac.org/blog/censors-never-… @ncacensorship
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Happy birthday to the illustrious and inspiring @judyblume! youtu.be/TVmw2BgBFYk @ncacensorship

Amanda Palmer Performs Judy Blume Tribute at NCAC's Free Speech...

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ICYMI, KRRP sent another letter to Highland Park ISD, TX earlier this week: bit.ly/16Y62Zi
Hey Boise — @Sherman_Alexie is visiting you! bit.ly/1KNNUi0
Charles Bukowski’s letter to the librarian who banned his book #tbt shar.es/1bAXG7
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Reading any #banned books for #NationalReadathonDay? @penguinrandom
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National Coalition Against Censorship
@ncacensorship
16 Jan 2015
Students' access to books in one district an unbiased health curriculum in another = Two wins for NCAC in Delaware! bit.ly/1GaCUOI
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emilywhitfield@emilywhitfield
19 Jan 2015
Replying to @ncacensorship
@ncacensorship - wonder how many of @TIME's top 10 YA books have been censored? At least 4 that I know of including @Sherman_Alexie
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KRRP is fighting for #TheWorkingPoor in Highland Park, TX — read the @latimes report on the challenge here: fw.to/gqTVcLU
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Comic Book Legal Defense Fund
@CBLDF
13 Jan 2015
CBLDF joins @ncacensorship -led coalition opposed to Hanover Schools materials policy: ow.ly/HfPRW
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Comic Book Legal Defense Fund
@CBLDF
14 Jan 2015
Comic book creators around the country respond to the Charlie Hebdo attacks: ow.ly/HjU5l
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KRRP is hard at work updating its toolkit for helping students, teachers, parents, and authors fight book censorship. Stay tuned!
Victory for KRRP! Appo won't adopt new book policies following our letter: delonline.us/1IFKEEo @ACLU_Delaware @ncacensorship @freadom

Appo book policy draws free speech complaints

Policy would have required teachers to get parent permission to allow students to read books with adult content.

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