Monday, May 15, 2023

FINDING BAD BOOKS in Schools and Libraries - RESOURCES

Obscene - Pornographic - Inappropriate

(updated 5/28/2023) 

MassResistance.org reports here.

Book Looks: http://booklooks.org
Best all-around resource; has key section quotes with page locations, cover image, and brief summary.

Pocatello, Idaho MassResistance parent group:
300 inappropriate books (in all sections of Marshall Library)

Make Schools Safe Again (Texas)
https://makeschoolssafeagain.com/library-books

Texans Wake Up
https://www.texanswakeup.com/shop

Parent Advocates of Treasure Valley
https://pa-wa.com/obscene-school-books

Pavement Education Project (PEP), North Carolina
https://www.pavementeducationproject.com/thebooks

Utah’s list of 448 books [2021]
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DfZ9tnTsR82iR1K0VMIZOojJTmgvPpvy7sdRDWTnkhA/edit

Mary in the Library
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100075804370170
[posts updates; links to BookLooks summaries]

LaVerna in the Library (Utah)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/353057099906284

No Left Turn in Education
https://www.ratedbooks.org/nlte
     & short list of good books,
https://www.ratedbooks.org/nltegoodbooks

Dan Kleinman, Safe Libraries
https://safelibraries.blogspot.com

Deborah DeGroff, Between the Covers: What's Inside Children's Books?
https://www.whatsinsidechildrensbooks.com/

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Scholastic Publishing (not to be trusted): The Teacher Store
https://shop.scholastic.com/teachers-ecommerce/teacher/search-results.html?text=gender
&
 https://shop.scholastic.com/teachers-ecommerce/teacher/search-results.html?text=lgbt

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LGBT GROUPS - RECOMMENDATIONS:

American Library Assoc., Rainbow Book List
https://glbtrt.ala.org/rainbowbooks/

GLSEN, https://www.glsen.org/activity/national-student-council-book-recommendations 

Stonewall Book Awards
https://www.ala.org/rt/rrt/award/stonewall/honored

Lambda Literary, LGBTQ Books for Children, Teens, and Young Adults
https://lambdaliterary.org/lgbtq-writers-in-schools/lgbtq-writers-in-schools-books 

SOGI 123 Inclusive Books for K-12 Schools (British Columbia, Canada)