Two unforgettable stories. One immersive experience.
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This Month's Featured Adventures:
Each box is curated by a former children’s bookseller with 20+ years of experience helping kids find the right book.
Attack of the Black Rectangles
When Mac discovers that someone has blacked out words in every classroom copy of The Devil’s Arithmetic, he knows something isn’t right. Along with his friends Marci and Denis, he starts asking questions—and discovers that standing up for the whole truth can mean challenging the adults who are supposed to know best.
Smart, funny, and fiercely curious, this story explores censorship, truth, and what happens when young people refuse to accept “because I said so” as the end of the conversation.
Perfect for readers who enjoy realistic fiction, strong friendships, kids who speak up, thought-provoking questions, and stories that trust young readers to think for themselves.
Ban This Book
Amy Anne Ollinger would rather disappear into a book than cause a scene. But when her favorite book is removed from her school library after one parent objects to it, staying quiet suddenly becomes much harder.
Soon Amy Anne and her friends are running a secret library from her locker, filled with books that have been challenged or removed. What begins as a way to keep beloved stories in readers’ hands becomes something much bigger—and Amy Anne discovers that even a quiet voice can make plenty of noise when something matters.
Perfect for readers who love libraries, secret plans, friendship, humor, standing up for what you believe in, and—of course—books about kids who really, really love books.
Ready for your reader’s next adventure?
Everything they need to step into the stories:
READ
MAKE
MARK
KEEP
DO
- Two unforgettable books
- Hands-on creativity
- A keepsake bookmark
- Something to treasure
- A new adventure
MAKE
Definitely Not a Banned Book Kit
What do you do when you need to hide a book in plain sight? Give it a new identity.
Create ridiculous, completely innocent-looking book titles by mixing and matching pre-printed title phrases and subjects, then slip your creation into a clear book cover to disguise whatever you're actually reading. Rearrange the pieces whenever inspiration strikes and invent a whole library of books nobody could possibly object to.
Probably.
DO
Field Deck No. 07 & Reader's Journal
Go beyond the books with a new set of challenges built around one deceptively simple idea: ask questions.
Investigate how information gets chosen, changed, challenged, and shared. Look for what's missing. Consider who made the decision—and why. Then use your Reader's Journal to record what you notice, test your assumptions, and decide what you think.
Research. Ask. Test. Think. Read closely. Question freely.
MARK
Under Review Bookmark
Some books get challenged. Some get questioned. Some get covered in black rectangles.
Keep your place with an Under Review bookmark inspired by the marks, notes, and redactions at the heart of this month's stories—a reminder that good readers don't just turn pages.
They pay attention to what's on them.
KEEP
Reader's Library Kit
Every reader deserves a library of their own.
Start yours with a collection of classic library supplies designed for the books on your shelves—including personalized From the Library of labels, checkout cards and pockets, and your own library pencil.
Catalog your favorites. Loan them to friends. Keep track of where they've traveled. Because sometimes loving books means sharing them—and every great library has to start somewhere.