BOOKS TO MONITOR: EXPLICIT TITLES FOUND IN PUBLIC SCHOOL LIBRARIES
Concerned about what’s on the shelves of your child’s school library?
This resource offers a curated list of book titles that have raised serious concerns due to explicit content or potential violations of state law. While it does not indicate whether these titles are present in your local school, it serves as a valuable starting point. It equips parents, educators, and concerned citizens with a clear guide on what to look for when reviewing school library collections.
What’s Inside:
Two folders providing tools to help parents, educators, and community members identify and review age-inappropriate books in school libraries.
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Book Reports Folder: Contains over 400 PDFs, each focused on a single title with excerpts taken directly from books found in public school libraries.
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Spreadsheet Folder: Lists all flagged titles with the book title, author, ratings, and direct links to corresponding reports.
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Content Focus: Highlights profanity, sexual content, and other age-inappropriate material that may violate state statutes.
This collection does not make legal judgments, but equips you to recognize content that may conflict with laws protecting children in educational environments.
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Source Acknowledgment:
The excerpts compiled in this resource were originally gathered from BookLooks.org, a volunteer-led organization that reviewed and rated books found in public school libraries. While their review pages are no longer publicly available, we’ve preserved these materials to continue supporting parents and community members in their efforts to protect children from inappropriate content.