Parents Need to Know Guide-the American Library Association
Top 13 Challenged Books
Embracing Gender Identities
The above is a booklist for birth-preschool (0-5) by The Association for Library Service to Children
The Association for Library Service to Children (Division of ALA) promotes reading and books through recommendations, compilations of lists, and related services. ALSC booklists are created as a resource for children's librarians to share with patrons. Parents and caregivers are encouraged to explore these titles to find resources that may match or spark their child's interest.
Embracing Gender Identities is an ALSC booklist created to help support conversations about gender identity and expression. This list, which is divided into books for 0-5 year-olds, elementary school students and middle schoolers, includes recommended informational picture books, as well as works of fiction and non-fiction that challenge gender norms and explore the wide spectrum of gender identity. It includes additional resources for parents.
Click on this link to review article: Embracing Gender Identities | Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) (ala.org)
AAF’s bombshell report reveals ALA president
Emily Drabinski’s woke agenda
Published by The Federalist - 08/21/2023
It is a blatantly obvious and self-evident truth that politics and pornography have no place in our children’s libraries. Yet a shocking investigation by AAF has revealed that the president of the American Library Foundation Emily Drabinski, a self-described Marxist, wants to do just that.
It’s hard to think of anything more important than protecting our children. We encourage you to read their full report here, Emily-Drabinski-Memo-08112023.pdf (americanaccountabilityfoundation.com) and share with as many people as you can.
To read full article - AF’s bombshell report reveals ALA president Emily Drabinski’s woke agenda – American Accountability Foundation
Sen. Rubio to the Institute of Museum & Library Services
Senator Rubio Letter to the Honorable Crosby Kemper Director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services - 07/28/2023
We write to urge the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to take swift action in light of the American Library Association’s (ALA) blatant discrimination against religious publishers.
It was recently revealed that the ALA, as part of their Library 2023 Worldwide Virtual Conference, gave guidance on how to deny the ability for individuals to assemble in public libraries to hold events organized by religious publishers. Specifically, the ALA is purportedly attempting to hinder the ability of Brave Books, a faith-based children’s book publisher, to access public libraries to host events with parents and children to teach kids about “faith, hope, and love,” as well as “praying, singing, and reading Brave Books and other books of virtue.”
The ALA claims that Brave Books seeks to “censor LGBTQIA materials or disparage or silence LGBTQIA library users and exploit the open nature of the library to advance their agenda.” To the contrary, the ALA is advancing a political agenda, not Brave Books. Further, the ALA is doing so while receiving federal funds and actively promoting hotly contested events in public libraries, including “Drag Queen Story Hours” – events aimed at having scantily and/or exotically clothed adults read to children with the goal of introducing them to sexualized topics. The ALA has an entire page dedicated to “Drag Queen Story Hour,” which includes a program session labeled “Reading Fabulously.”
To read complete letter - 07.28.23-Rubio-et-al-Letter-to-IMLS-re-religious-discrimination.pdf (senate.gov)
American Accountability Foundation
Great RESOURCE TO Keep updated on what the American Library Association (ALA) is doing!
Learn more about this website and article at American Accountability Foundation
SOUTH CAROLINA PULLS OUT OF TWO LIBERAL LIBRARY ASSOCIATIONS
Written by Ben Johnson of the Washington Stand - 09/30/23
South Carolina Pulls Out of Two Liberal Library Associations Over ‘Tone-Deaf’ Anti-Parent ‘Activism’
South Carolina has canceled its membership in two library associations that accuse parents who believe young children should not see pornography of launching “book bans.”
The South Carolina State Library pulled out of the American Library Association (ALA) over its “tone-deaf … activism,” while the state’s public schools exited the South Carolina Association of School Librarians (SCASL) for creating a “hostile environment” against parents.
Leesa Aken, the agency director of the South Carolina State Library, condemned the “ALA’s hyper-focus” on engaging in “activism for certain groups of people and not advocacy for libraries and all of the people they serve.” A chief example is the ALA’s “tone-deaf” advice about purported “book bans,” Aken wrote in her August 21 letter.
To read complete article: South Carolina Pulls Out of Two Liberal Library Associations Over ‘Tone-Deaf’ Anti-Parent ‘Activism’ (washingtonstand.com)
