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Christina Dendy @cdendy76.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

One more! The Librarian of Basra tells the story of Alia Muhammad Baker, who struggled to save her community's books from the devastation of war in Basra, Iraq, an act of courage we should all celebrate. #challengedbooks #bannedbooks #BannedBooksWeek www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZRG...

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Read Aloud with Ms. Caudle | The Librarian of Basra

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Christina Dendy @cdendy76.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Bonus #picturebook for #BannedBooksWeek because it highlights the theme of banning/challenging/restricting access to books and information. The authors experienced pushback and were asked not to discuss those themes when presenting the book ... www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKtq...

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The Day The Books Disappeared

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Christina Dendy @cdendy76.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Last challenged #picturebook today: Strega Nona by the remarkable Tomie dePaola. It falls under the category of #challengedbooks #bannedbooks that apparently promote witchcraft and the occult ... Enjoy! www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGVX...

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'Strega Nona' read by Mary Steenburgen

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Christina Dendy @cdendy76.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Jabari Jumps is a lovely exploration of the excitement-fear felt when trying something new but scary ... It was swept up in a district's mass pulling and restricting of books that fell under the dreaded DEI label. #bannedbooks #challengedbooks #BannedBooksWeek www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfpI...

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Storytime Books Read Aloud: JABARI JUMPS by Gaia Cornwall

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Christina Dendy @cdendy76.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Andrea Beaty and David Roberts' #picturebooks are wonderful. Sofia Valdez, Future Prez was challenged nominally because some of the background characters project LGBTQ+ themes. #bannedbooks #challengedbooks #BannedBooksWeek www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxBr...

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Sofia Valdez, Future Prez by Andrea Beaty and David Roberts / Children's Story Time Read Aloud

YouTube video by CSUF Future Titans Read

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Christina Dendy @cdendy76.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Next in challenged #picturebook for #BannedBooksWeek: Pink Is for Boys by Robb Pearlman and Eda Kaban! Two of my three kids loved this one when they were little! (The first was already 13 when it came out.) #bannedbooks #challengedbooks www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUwg...

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Pink Is For Boys - Read Aloud Children's Book

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Christina Dendy @cdendy76.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Running behind on these but here's another fabulous challenged #picturebook for #BannedBooksWeek: Imani's Moon by JaNay Brown-Wood and Hazel Mitchell! #bannedbooks #challengedbooks www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATZQ...

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Imani's Moon by JaNay Brown-Wood | Read Aloud | YouTube Books for Kids

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Christina Dendy @cdendy76.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Next up in #bannedbooks #challengedbooks #challengedpicturebooks for #BannedBooksWeek? No, David! by David Shannon. Why challenged? Because it features an illustrated bare bottom and supposedly encourages bad behavior. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9O9z...

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READ ALOUD | NO DAVID | Ryan & Craig

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Christina Dendy @cdendy76.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

For today's #challengedpicturebooks #bannedbooks #challengedbooks posts to honor #BannedBooksWeek, we start with Water Protectors, published in 2020 in the wake of the Dakota Access Pipeline protests that began in 2014 and escalated in 2016. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqWT...

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We Are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom READ ALOUD ~RING AROUND RONINA~

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Christina Dendy @cdendy76.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Bonus challenged #picturebook for #BannedBooksWeek today! Hair Love, a sweet, funny, wonderful story with great illustrations. Every picture makes me smile. www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3gu... #bannedbooks #challengedbooks

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Hair Love Kids Book Read Aloud Story 📚

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Christina Dendy @cdendy76.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The next challenged #picturebook for #BannedBooksWeek is my favorite Dr. Seuss: The Butter Battle Book! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbj0... Growing up in West Germany with the Wall encircling West Berlin, it meant something. It still does. #bannedbooks #challengedbooks

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The Butter Battle Book (Read Aloud)

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Christina Dendy @cdendy76.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

To celebrate #bannedbooksweek, I'm posting read alouds of children's books and other books that have been challenged ... #bannedbooks #challengedbooks www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uOX...

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AND TANGO MAKES THREE

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PEN America @penamerica.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

“Mostly I feel angry on behalf of the women that I interviewed for the story: young women who’ve been sold into sexual slavery, who told their stories so the world could know what was going on. To hear people... say that their accounts are pornographic is so disrespectful to them," said McCormick.

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PEN America @penamerica.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

🧵 Nearly 12,000 (11,982) books were banned in public schools during the 2025-2026 school year, according to PEN America’s newly updated Index of School Book Bans. #BannedBooks #BannedBooksWeek

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Lucy Bellwood @lubellwoo.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Want to make sure everyone knows about @benhatke.bsky.social's upcoming travelogue graphic novel HOME/WORLD. It's a stunning, charming, complicated, deeply personal record of circling the globe without* the use of air travel. (*There were some extenuating circumstances.) bookshop.org/a/1877/97812...

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Home/World: A Circumnavigation of Our Shared Earth

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Nosy Crow | Children's Books @nosycrow.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Want to help children build reading habits that last? Our literacy experts have shared 10 simple tips to make reading at home a regular and enjoyable part of everyday life. Read the tips: buff.ly/nnpl59W

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10 Simple Ways to Get Kids Reading

10 Simple Ways to Get Kids Reading New Nosy Crow survey finds reading every day boosts children’s focus beyond books “As well as this being the National Year of Reading, 2026 is also Nosy Crow’s 15th…

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Christina Dendy @cdendy76.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Check out some fantastic writing workshop opportunities for grades 2 through 8 at the historic Thurber House in Columbus, Ohio, on November 8! I'm excited to cook up some trouble for characters with young writers! www.thurberhouse.org/pen-and-tell...

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Thurber House — Pen and Tell It! — Literary Center and James Thurber Museum

Pen and Tell It! is a series of mix and match workshops for students in grades 2-8.

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Christina Dendy @cdendy76.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Some foreign exporters may absorb some of the cost themselves to remain competitive, but most of the tariff gets paid by folks on this side of the border.

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Christina Dendy @cdendy76.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Also, let's all say it again: Foreign countries do not pay tariffs. When our government imposes tariffs on imported goods, the importers (usually domestic businesses) pay the tax. They pass that cost onto other businesses and consumers that buy those goods through higher prices.

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Christina Dendy @cdendy76.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

DYK? You can email Google about their idiotic move in renaming Lake Ontario on their platforms. Just right click on the map and select Report a data problem. Then go to Your opinions about maps and Report an issue.

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Kelsey E. Gross @kelseyegross.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

FALL: A SEASONS STORY is ready to be picked...up from your local bookstore or library! 🍁 Deep gratitude for talented illustrator Renata Liwska, Danielle Collins & team at Beach Lane/ @simonkids.bsky.social, & agent Mary Cummings at Great River Literary. Welcome, Fall! #kidlit #picturebook

Photo of the picture book FALL: A SEASONS STORY in a pumpkin patch, next to two pumpkins and some vines. Sun is shining on the book cover.

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

English stained glass artist Tamsin Abbott, who is inspired by #folklore and nature #WomensArt

Stained glass artwork with image of a rural scene with a hare running in the foreground, a woodpecker on a tree and house in the background on a hill, all against a golden sunset

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Christina Dendy @cdendy76.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Ever been to Canton, Ohio? Check out the fabulous Black history exhibit that opened early this summer and runs through November at the McKinley Presidential Library & Museum. mckinleymuseum.org/keller-galle...

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 29/07/2026

The Trump administration has begun arresting foreign citizens with expired U.S. visas at airports, including spouses of Americans, according to documents obtained by The New York Times and interviews with immigration lawyers. nyti.ms/45r7OBZ

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Christina Dendy @cdendy76.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

"When historians talk about reframing a traditional narrative, we do not mean erasing it. We mean adding the evidence, voices and objects that earlier tellings left out, so that more Americans can see themselves in the national story." www.npr.org/2026/07/21/n...

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Smithsonian too focused on 'oppressors and the oppressed,' say House Republicans

In a House DOGE subcommittee hearing, GOP representatives excoriated the director of the National Museum of American History, following a White House report earlier this month that also criticized her...

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