<html><head></head><body><div class="ydp435fcb5byahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;"><div id="ydp435fcb5byiv0294371871"><div><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;" class="ydp435fcb5byiv0294371871yahoo-style-wrap"><div dir="ltr"><div><blockquote type="cite" style="font-size:16px;letter-spacing:-0.32px;font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:new times, serif;" class="ydp435fcb5byiv0294371871ydp178d3eacyiv4845273854ydp634af852yiv2913028987ydp2f62d9dyiv4662704865ydpf7228992yahoo-style-wrap"><div dir="ltr"><div style="text-align:left;font-family:serif;letter-spacing:-0.32px;"><span style="letter-spacing:-0.02em;">Our book for January is </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.02em;"><i><span>That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America</span></i> by award-winning school librarian Amanda Jones. </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.02em;">The discussion will take place on Saturday, January 18 at 2:30 pm at the Wilson Branch of the New Haven Free Public Library, located at 303 Washington Ave., New Haven.</span></div><div style="text-align:left;font-family:serif;letter-spacing:-0.32px;"><span style="letter-spacing:-0.02em;"><br></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:serif;letter-spacing:-0.32px;"><div style="text-align:center;"><img title="Inline image" alt="Inline image" src="cid:088b88a0-1937-f95c-535d-336e6d40a965@yahoo.com" style="letter-spacing:-0.32px;max-width:400px;width:50%;" class="ydp435fcb5byiv0294371871yahoo-inline-image" data-inlineimagemanipulating="true" data-id="<088b88a0-1937-f95c-535d-336e6d40a965@yahoo.com>"></div><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:serif;letter-spacing:-0.32px;"><span style="color:rgb(38, 40, 42);letter-spacing:-0.02em;">From Amazon:</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:serif;letter-spacing:-0.32px;"><div><div dir="ltr"> <div><div>Schools and libraries nationwide have been bombarded by demands for books with LGTBQ+ references, discussions of racism, and more to be purged from the shelves. [Librarian] Amanda [Jones] would be damned if her community were to ban stories representing minority groups. She spoke out [at a public] meeting. Days later, she woke up to a nightmare that is still ongoing.</div><div><br></div><div>Amanda Jones has been called a groomer, a pedo, and a porn-pusher; she has faced death threats and attacks from strangers and friends alike. Her decision to support a collection of books with diverse perspectives made her a target for extremists using book banning campaigns…to make America more white, straight, and "Christian." But Amanda Jones wouldn't give up without a fight: she sued her harassers for defamation and urged others to join her in the resistance.</div><div><br></div><div>“An important and engrossing story . . . while the book makes clear the importance of libraries, what it makes even more clear is the importance of conscientious citizens, like Jones, willing to speak up and stand up for their libraries.” – <i>The Washington Post</i></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div><div style="font-family:serif;letter-spacing:-0.32px;"><span style="letter-spacing:-0.02em;">Hope to see you on the 18th,</span></div><div style="font-family:serif;letter-spacing:-0.32px;"><span style="letter-spacing:-0.02em;">Kevin & Paula</span></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>