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Sunnyside $5 Bag Sale

October 7, 2025 Fresno FOL Leave a comment

The Sunnyside Friends have another great $5 bag sale coming up this fall! Fill a paper grocery bag (they’ll provide…

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Posted in: Book Sales Filed under: Book Sales, Sunnyside

Kerman Cosplay Quest 2025

September 22, 2025 Fresno FOL Leave a comment

The Kerman Friends of the Library are proud to present Kerman Cosplay Quest 2025, a free, fun, family-friendly event dedicated…

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Clovis and Reedley Groundbreakings

August 15, 2025 Fresno FOL Leave a comment

We have very exciting news, especially for patrons of the Clovis and Reedley branches of the Fresno County Public Library:…

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Posted in: Branch News Filed under: Clovis, groundbreaking, Reedley

50% off at the Bookshop for the month of July!

July 15, 2025 Fresno FOL Leave a comment

We’ve got an abundance of donations coming in this summer, so everything in the Bookshop is 50% off for the…

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50% Off For the Month of May!

April 28, 2025 Fresno FOL Leave a comment

Everything at the Friends of the Fresno County Public Library Bookshop is 50% off for the entire month of May!…

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Clovis’ Spring $5 Bag Sale

March 5, 2025 Fresno FOL Leave a comment

Join the Clovis Friends of the Library for the first $5 bag sale of 2025! Fill a bag with anything…

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Posted in: Book Sales Filed under: Book Sales, Clovis

It’s National Friends of Libraries Week!

October 18, 2024 Fresno FOL Leave a comment

October 20-26, 2024 is National Friends of Libraries Week! Every year, United For Libraries celebrates the work of Friends groups…

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Sanger $5 Bag Sale

September 30, 2024 Fresno FOL Leave a comment

Join the Sanger Friends of the Library for a $5 bag sale on their patio! The summer book sale boom…

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Clovis Friends of the Library Summer Sale

July 5, 2024 Fresno FOL Leave a comment

Join the Clovis Friends of the Library for a big summer book sale! The first day of the sale (Friday,…

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Friends of the Central Library $5 Summer Bag Sale

July 3, 2024 Fresno FOL Leave a comment

Join the Friends of the Central Library for their first $5 bag sale since restarting the branch chapter! Come fill…

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While the issues of banned or challenged books is While the issues of banned or challenged books is often framed as a school issue, according to research by the @americanlibraryassociation , 55% of challenges in 2024 occurred at public libraries! This is an issue of access not just for kids, but for all readers! 2,452 unique titles were challenged last year, with the most frequently challenged being George M. Johnson's "All Boys Aren't Blue: A Memoir-Manifesto."

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Another one of our Friends, Lyndsay McCollum (of t Another one of our Friends, Lyndsay McCollum (of the Woodward Park branch chapter), told us about her favorite banned book! 

"'Maus' is a powerful graphic novel by Art Spiegelman that recounts the story of his father's survival in Auschwitz during the Holocaust. Multilayered, historical, and deeply personal, this Pulitzer Prize-winning series should be on every to-read list."

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You probably know her primarily as the Tower Distr You probably know her primarily as the Tower District Library Advocate, but Friends of the Fresno County Public Library board member Brooke Payton also has quite the collection of books on banned books! 

It was through reading A.L. Haight's "Banned Books" that she learned about Pope Joan, who succeeded Leo IV as "John VIII," as mentioned in Hartmann Schedel's "Nuremberg Chronicle" (1493). This book wasn't officially banned, but references to the female pope were often censored or removed. To this day, there remains argument about whether she ever existed or not!

Reading banned, challenged, and frequently-censored books opens us up to all kinds of possibilities!

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Who actually challenges books in the United States Who actually challenges books in the United States? According to research by @americanlibraryassociation, 72% of censorship attempts were initiated by pressure groups and decision makers who have been swayed by them. Parents accounted for 16% of challenges and other patrons accounted for only 4%!

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