Banned Books Week 2026
September 10, 2026 — The American Library Association(ALA) urges all of us to get ready to celebrate Banned Books Week, October 4-10, 2026. Its theme is “Let Books Be. Protect the Freedom to Read.”
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The Judith’s Award 2026 Recipients
March 30, 2026 — Judith’s Reading Room, a 501 (c) 3 literacy organization founded in 2010 announced the first recipients of the 2026 “The Judith’s Award” that today specifically honors teachers, authors and librarians in the United States. “The Judith’s Award” — the organization’s signature award was established in 2019 when the first recipient, Vicky Xanthopoulous, an elementary school teacher from Potamia, North Greece won.
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The Judith’s Award News Release
January 26, 2026 — Judith’s Reading Room, a 501 (c) 3 literacy nonprofit organization founded in 2010 in the memory of Judith F. Krug, a distinguished librarian and first-cousin to the organization’s founders, announced that “The Judith’s Award” — established in 2019 — has been re-focused to recognize literacy champions in America.
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Banned Books Week 2024
September 20, 2024 — The American Library Association will highlight the dramatic increase in threats against First Amendment rights during its annual Banned Books Week celebration this year, scheduled for September 22-28, 2024.
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Kudos to Prendergast Library, Jamestown, NY
Kudos to Prendergast Library, Jamestown, New York, one of 38 libraries in the Chautauqua-Cattaragus Library System in western New York, for supporting a summer reading program.
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Judith’s Reading Room’s Alvin Irby CNN Heroes Finalist
American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY — During tonight’s all-star tribute, CNN announced the top ten winners of its 2023 CNN Heroes competition. Judith’s Reading Room is thrilled to acknowledge Alvin Irby, a Judith’s Reading Room 2019 Grand Prize winner.
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Banned Books Week at Harkins House
22 September 2023 — Hillsboro, Oregon —In recognition of Banned Books Week, the global literacy nonprofit organization Judith’s Reading Room hosted a special event at Washington County’s Harkins House with a donation of mostly banned or challenged YA fiction, nonfiction and graphic novels.
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2023 Literacy Chair Award Celebration
Judith’s Reading Room, a global nonprofit literacy organization based in Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley, celebrated the winner of its 2nd Annual Literacy Chair Award — the Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Library System — for its innovative “CCLS Road Trip” project, a summertime initiative that seeks to remind everyone that libraries have a lot to offer and encourages the public to get back into the library.
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2023 Literacy Chair Award
Judith’s Reading Room, a global nonprofit organization based in Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley, announced today the winner of its 2nd Annual Literacy Chair Award — the Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Library System — for its innovative “CCLS Road Trip” project, a summertime initiative that seeks to remind everyone that libraries have a lot to offer and encourages the public to get back into the library.
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Reading for Fun at ‘Harkins House’ Builds Resilience
Washington County’s Harkins House and Judith’s Reading Room, a global nonprofit literacy organization, today announced their latest collaboration to enhance Judith’s Reading Room’s library established there in 2012.
