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Resources for “A Voice for Libraries”

This Sunday, I’ll be talking about book banning in one […]

By Chris Barton|2024-10-07T17:30:34-05:00September 27th, 2024|Alton Yates, Amanda Jones, Barbara Jordan, book banning, book bans, Chris Barton, freedom to read, HB 900, HB900, House Bill 900, Mike Hixenbaugh, Moving Forward, PEN America, READER Act, Texas book ban, Texas Freedom to Read Project, That Librarian, They Came for the Schools, What Do You Do With a Voice Like That|0 Comments

My new SLJ essay, “Is There a Looming ‘Dog-Man’ Crisis?”

I’m pleased to share the essay that I wrote for […]

By Chris Barton|2024-01-08T11:20:40-05:00January 8th, 2024|book banning, book bans, censorship, Chris Barton, Dav Pilkey, Dog Man, elementary school civics, HB 900, HB900, House Bill 900, READER Act, School Library Journal, SLJ, Texas book ban|0 Comments

The looming Dog Man crisis, or A handy civics lesson for elementary students in Texas public schools

I don’t […]

By Chris Barton|2023-10-14T08:13:18-05:00October 14th, 2023|book banning, book bans, Chris Barton, elementary school civics, HB 900, House Bill 900, Texas, Texas school libraries|0 Comments

The case against the Texas book ban, a.k.a. House Bill 900, a.k.a. the READER Act

[May 29, 2026 […]

By Chris Barton|2026-05-29T10:07:34-05:00September 19th, 2023|book banning, book bans, HB 900, HB900, House Bill 900, READER Act, school libraries, Texas, Texas book ban, Texas school libraries|0 Comments

Win 1 of 4 signed copies of What Do You Do with a Voice Like That?

For my […]

By Chris Barton|2023-09-06T16:15:00-05:00September 6th, 2023|Barbara Jordan, Bartography Express, Beach Lane, Chris Barton, Constitution Day, Ekua Holmes, giveaway, HB 900, House Bill 900, Houston ISD, Simon & Schuster, What Do You Do With a Voice Like That|3 Comments

What did we do with our voices? Opposed HB900.

At the Texas Capitol last night, I was among a […]

By Chris Barton|2023-09-06T15:49:36-05:00May 12th, 2023|Barbara Jordan, Chris Barton, HB 900, Texas school libraries, What Do You Do With a Voice Like That|0 Comments

Texas House Bill 900 (which passed) and Senate Bill 13 (which didn’t)

[September 19 […]

By Chris Barton|2023-09-19T07:41:07-05:00April 28th, 2023|book banning, book bans, Chris Barton, HB 900, House Bill 900, SB 13, school libraries, Senate Bill 13, Texas, Texas school libraries|1 Comment

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