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Come see us at the DMPL Grown-Up Book Fair. We are here until 4pm with lots of great banned and challenged books.
06/06/2026

Come see us at the DMPL Grown-Up Book Fair. We are here until 4pm with lots of great banned and challenged books.

𝐈𝐭'𝐎 𝐭ðĒðĶ𝐞 𝐟ðĻðŦ 𝐚 𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐓 ðĻ𝐟 𝐛ðĻðĻðĪ𝐎 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐎ðĻðŦ𝐞𝐝 𝐛ðē ð­ðĄðž 𝐈ðĻ𝐰𝐚 𝐆ðĻðŊ𝐞ðŦ𝐧ðĶ𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐜ðĻðŪðŦ𝐭𝐞𝐎ðē ðĻ𝐟 𝐊ðĒðĶ 𝐑𝐞ðē𝐧ðĻðĨ𝐝𝐎, 𝐌ðĻðĶ𝐎 𝐅ðĻðŦ 𝐋ðĒ𝐛𝐞ðŦ𝐭ðē, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 ðĨ𝐞𝐠ðĒ𝐎...
06/05/2026

𝐈𝐭'𝐎 𝐭ðĒðĶ𝐞 𝐟ðĻðŦ 𝐚 𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐓 ðĻ𝐟 𝐛ðĻðĻðĪ𝐎 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐎ðĻðŦ𝐞𝐝 𝐛ðē ð­ðĄðž 𝐈ðĻ𝐰𝐚 𝐆ðĻðŊ𝐞ðŦ𝐧ðĶ𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐜ðĻðŪðŦ𝐭𝐞𝐎ðē ðĻ𝐟 𝐊ðĒðĶ 𝐑𝐞ðē𝐧ðĻðĨ𝐝𝐎, 𝐌ðĻðĶ𝐎 𝐅ðĻðŦ 𝐋ðĒ𝐛𝐞ðŦ𝐭ðē, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 ðĨ𝐞𝐠ðĒ𝐎ðĨ𝐚𝐭ðĻðŦ𝐎 ð°ðĄðĻ ðĄðšðŊ𝐞𝐧'𝐭 ðŦ𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐚 𝐛ðĻðĻðĪ 𝐰ðĒð­ðĄðĻðŪ𝐭 ðĐðĒ𝐜𝐭ðŪðŦ𝐞𝐎 𝐎ðĒ𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐰𝐞ðĨðĨ, 𝐞ðŊ𝐞ðŦ.

Today's list comes to us from Charles City (I had no idea where this was and suspect you may not know, either, so I'll save you a Google: Another district from NE Iowa).

Remember that schools and librarians are being forced to censor reading materials and do the government's dirty work for them. We are attempting to catalog every removal because it's important to document state-mandated censorship.

People of Charles City, here is your summer reading list!

Support our work by donating here: https://buff.ly/9GejQ9j
𝟐𝟐,𝟔𝟗𝟕 books donated and counting!

The Embrace the Race 5k is just a week away--𝐚𝐧𝐝 ð­ðĄðžðŦ𝐞'𝐎 𝐎𝐭ðĒðĨðĨ 𝐭ðĒðĶ𝐞 𝐭ðĻ ðŦ𝐞𝐠ðĒ𝐎𝐭𝐞ðŦ! https://buff.ly/lnbHGpc Join us at this...
05/31/2026

The Embrace the Race 5k is just a week away--𝐚𝐧𝐝 ð­ðĄðžðŦ𝐞'𝐎 𝐎𝐭ðĒðĨðĨ 𝐭ðĒðĶ𝐞 𝐭ðĻ ðŦ𝐞𝐠ðĒ𝐎𝐭𝐞ðŦ! https://buff.ly/lnbHGpc

Join us at this inclusive event designed for every body, ability, and background. We'll be on-site handing out FREE banned and challenged books to participants! And those books are (𝐝ðŦðŪðĶðŦðĻðĨðĨ ðĐðĨ𝐞𝐚𝐎𝐞)...

𝘓𝘰𝘭ð˜Ē 𝘎𝘰ð˜Ķð˜ī ð˜ĩ𝘰 𝘚ð˜Īð˜Đ𝘰𝘰𝘭
𝘖ð˜ķð˜ģ 𝘚𝘎𝘊ð˜Ŋ
𝘕𝘰ð˜ĩ 𝘘ð˜ķ𝘊ð˜ĩð˜Ķ 𝘚ð˜Ŋ𝘰ð˜ļ 𝘞ð˜Đ𝘊ð˜ĩð˜Ķ
𝘍𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰ð˜ļ 𝘠𝘰ð˜ķð˜ģ 𝘋ð˜ģð˜Ķð˜Ēð˜Ūð˜ī 𝘓𝘊ð˜ĩð˜ĩ𝘭ð˜Ķ 𝘖ð˜Ŋð˜Ķ
𝘊ð˜Ēð˜Ŋ 𝘞ð˜Ķ 𝘗𝘭ð˜Ķð˜Ēð˜īð˜Ķ 𝘎𝘊𝘷ð˜Ķ ð˜ĩð˜Đð˜Ķ 𝘗𝘰𝘭𝘊ð˜Īð˜Ķ 𝘋ð˜Ķð˜ąð˜Ēð˜ģð˜ĩð˜Ūð˜Ķð˜Ŋð˜ĩ ð˜ĩ𝘰 ð˜ĩð˜Đð˜Ķ 𝘎ð˜ģð˜Ēð˜Ŋð˜Ĩð˜Ū𝘰ð˜ĩð˜Đð˜Ķð˜ģð˜ī?
𝘔 𝘐ð˜ī 𝘍𝘰ð˜ģ 𝘔ð˜Ķ𝘭ð˜Ēð˜Ŋ𝘊ð˜Ŋ
𝘎𝘰𝘊ð˜Ŋð˜Ļ 𝘋𝘰ð˜ļð˜Ŋ 𝘏𝘰ð˜Ūð˜Ķ 𝘞𝘊ð˜ĩð˜Đ 𝘋ð˜Ēð˜Ĩð˜Ĩ𝘚
𝘔𝘰𝘰ð˜Ŋ 𝘎𝘊ð˜ģ𝘭 ð˜Ēð˜Ŋð˜Ĩ 𝘋ð˜Ķ𝘷𝘊𝘭 𝘋𝘊ð˜Ŋ𝘰ð˜īð˜Ēð˜ķð˜ģ: 𝘏ð˜Ē𝘊ð˜ģ 𝘛𝘰ð˜Ĩð˜Ē𝘚, 𝘎𝘰ð˜Ŋð˜Ķ 𝘛𝘰ð˜Ū𝘰ð˜ģð˜ģ𝘰ð˜ļ
𝘛ð˜Đð˜Ķ 𝘜ð˜Ŋð˜Ĩð˜Ķ𝘧ð˜Ķð˜Ēð˜ĩð˜Ķð˜Ĩ
𝘛ð˜Đð˜Ķ 𝘍𝘰ð˜ķð˜Ŋð˜Ĩð˜Ķð˜ģð˜ī 𝘜ð˜Ŋð˜Ūð˜Ēð˜ī𝘎ð˜Ķð˜Ĩ
𝘐ð˜ĩ'ð˜ī 𝘛ð˜ģð˜Ķ𝘷𝘰ð˜ģ 𝘕𝘰ð˜Ēð˜Đ
𝘙ð˜Ķð˜Ī𝘰ð˜Ļð˜Ŋ𝘊ð˜ŧð˜Ķ!
𝘛ð˜Đð˜Ķ 𝘔𝘊ð˜Ļð˜Đð˜ĩ𝘚 𝘔𝘊ð˜īð˜ī 𝘔ð˜Ē𝘭𝘰ð˜Ŋð˜Ķ
𝘛ð˜Đð˜Ķ 𝘞ð˜Ēð˜ĩð˜ī𝘰ð˜Ŋð˜ī 𝘎𝘰 𝘛𝘰 𝘉𝘊ð˜ģð˜Ū𝘊ð˜Ŋð˜Ļð˜Đð˜Ēð˜Ū
𝘔𝘊ð˜ģð˜ģ𝘰ð˜ģ 𝘎𝘊ð˜ģ𝘭ð˜ī
𝘎𝘰ð˜Ĩð˜Ĩð˜Ķð˜īð˜ī 𝘊ð˜ģ𝘰ð˜ļð˜Ŋ
𝘓𝘊ð˜ĩð˜ĩ𝘭ð˜Ķ & 𝘓𝘊𝘰ð˜Ŋ
𝘑ð˜ķð˜īð˜ĩ 𝘔ð˜Ķð˜ģð˜Ī𝘚
𝘉𝘭ð˜Ēð˜Ī𝘎𝘰ð˜ķð˜ĩ
𝘛ð˜Đð˜Ķ 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘰ð˜ģ 𝘗ð˜ķð˜ģð˜ąð˜­ð˜Ķ
𝘛ð˜Đð˜Ķ 𝘠ð˜Ēð˜ģð˜Ĩð˜ī 𝘉ð˜Ķð˜ĩð˜ļð˜Ķð˜Ķð˜Ŋ 𝘜ð˜ī
𝘐 𝘒ð˜Ŋ𝘰ð˜ļ 𝘞ð˜Đ𝘚 ð˜ĩð˜Đð˜Ķ 𝘊ð˜Ēð˜Ļð˜Ķð˜Ĩ 𝘉𝘊ð˜ģð˜Ĩ 𝘚𝘊ð˜Ŋð˜Ļð˜ī
𝘎𝘰 𝘛ð˜Ķ𝘭𝘭 𝘐ð˜ĩ 𝘖ð˜Ŋ ð˜ĩð˜Đð˜Ķ 𝘔𝘰ð˜ķð˜Ŋð˜ĩð˜Ē𝘊ð˜Ŋ
𝘛ð˜Đð˜Ķ 𝘉𝘭ð˜ķð˜Ķð˜īð˜ĩ 𝘌𝘚ð˜Ķ
𝘊ð˜Ē𝘭𝘭 𝘜ð˜ī 𝘞ð˜Đð˜Ēð˜ĩ 𝘞ð˜Ķ 𝘊ð˜Ēð˜ģð˜ģ𝘚

Supplies are limited, so be sure to get registered so we can be sure to have a book for you! One book per person, must be present to receive a book.

We'll see YOU next Sunday at Raccoon River Park in West Des Moines for this fun event!

Here's another list from the northeast corner of the state: 𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐇𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐓𝐎𝐍-𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐊𝐄𝐘 𝐕𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐘. This is the first district we're ...
05/28/2026

Here's another list from the northeast corner of the state: 𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐇𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐓𝐎𝐍-𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐊𝐄𝐘 𝐕𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐘.

This is the first district we're reporting on that had 𝐍𝐎𝐓 removed any books at the time of the Register's last survey of schools in 2024.

We're not even halfway through the list of 900 new book bans. Which book removal have you seen so far that upsets you the most? What's the most ridiculous? Be sure to let your elected representatives know how you feel about your child's reading selections being chosen by Moms for BĖķiĖķgĖķoĖķtĖķrĖķyĖķ Liberty.

Support our work by donating here: https://buff.ly/9GejQ9j
𝟐𝟐,𝟓𝟔𝟒 books donated and counting!

Next up...𝐖𝐀𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐋𝐘-𝐒𝐇𝐄𝐋𝐋 𝐑𝐎𝐂𝐊 school district out of Northeastern Iowa. Did you think these book removals were limited t...
05/27/2026

Next up...𝐖𝐀𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐋𝐘-𝐒𝐇𝐄𝐋𝐋 𝐑𝐎𝐂𝐊 school district out of Northeastern Iowa. Did you think these book removals were limited to urban school districts with lots of Moms For Liberty demanding to speak to the manager about the horrors of their precious children being forced to read books that mention the existence of gay people? How wrong you were!

Even rural districts are being forced to remove a large chunk of their library collections due to SF496.

Angry? You should be. Remember who you should be angry with though--it's not your teachers or librarians, who risk losing their licenses if they don't comply with the law. If your elected representatives voted in support of SF496, kindly help them find a new job next year by voting for candidates who support the freedom to read. Most Iowans don't support book bans, and our kids deserve better.

Support our work by donating here (FOIAs can cost money!): https://buff.ly/9GejQ9j
𝟐𝟐,𝟓𝟔𝟒 books donated and counting!

Next up we have 𝐈𝐎𝐖𝐀 𝐂𝐈𝐓𝐘. Did you think the damage wouldn't be as bad in a liberal college town? How wrong you are!Io...
05/26/2026

Next up we have 𝐈𝐎𝐖𝐀 𝐂𝐈𝐓𝐘. Did you think the damage wouldn't be as bad in a liberal college town? How wrong you are!

Iowa City's first removal list was notable for including Jane Smiley's ðī 𝑇ℎ𝑜ð‘Ē𝑠𝑎𝑛𝑑 ðī𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑠. This one is notable for its length, with 104 new books (the longest list we've gotten so far in this updated round of cataloging book removals). We are sure it broke the ICSD's staffs' hearts to remove so many wonderful books.

Iowa City friends--here is your summer reading list. I am sure our friends at the Iowa City Public Library would be happy to help you get your hands on these!

Support our work by donating here (FOIAs can cost money!): https://buff.ly/9GejQ9j
𝟐𝟐,𝟓𝟔𝟒 books donated and counting!

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