Leila Green Little

So anytime I make a cheesecake or other impeccable food that I’ve dare say mastered, my husband wants to come up with a plan to monetize it. I just want to make delicious food for my family!

I love so much that you just wanted to relieve stress and paint pigeons and now it’s become A Thing. 😊

Great compilation here on author @bartography.bsky.social’s school visit cancellation.
The only upside is that parents showed up at this week’s AHISD to support Chris and to condemn the district’s actions. Kudos to them!
It begins about 30 minutes in.
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I knew @frankstrong.bsky.social’s take on this would be excellent, and I am not disappointed. Thanks for breaking this down so non-teachers can understand the inherent problems in this proposed action from our SBOE.
Texans, read this and act!

Pigeon on a coconut

I saw these on vacation last month and took the photo specifically ally for you, then talked myself out of sending it because I figured you could source your own pigeons.
It’s on a coconut. 🥥

Forced obsolescence seems to be in the works. Proposed penalties for professional memberships, SLACs having oversight of librarians’ book orders, use of AI to “review” books, and a lack of credentialing standards within the profession are all massive red flags for librarianship.

Thank you @timothysnyder.bsky.social for this piece. I recognize some of these changes, already well underway.

The Texas Education Agency released its required book list.

The 20th Century called…

These are the books families opted-out of after Supreme Court fight Montgomery County Public Schools recently finished its first semester since the U.S. Supreme Court sided with a group of parents who sought the right to opt-out of lessons with LGBTQ themes.

Only 0.05% of students’ parents opted them out of these books.
Legislators are fighting a culture war to appease one twentieth of one percent of the population. We keep seeing this. @txfreedomread.bsky.social
@flfreedomread.bsky.social
@penamerica.bsky.social

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This is a great piece, exemplified by this exchange:
Maggie: “…sorry, I’m going to sound a little crazy.”
Rahawa: “Please keep going.”
🤣

Dilute calico cat sleeping

Omigosh! They say two is random, three is a trend, and I just don’t know what this means that so many of us fierce library advocates have these relatively rare kitties!! How wild.

Well, commissioning a pigeon advocate watercolor was not on my bingo card for this year.
Life is a rich tapestry.
I LOVE it, @maggietokudahall.bsky.social!

Oh it’s too late. I WANTED to donate!!! I LOVED donating. It made me feel good, like the way Tim Meadows describes drugs to Dewey Cox in Walk Hard. Everyone should try donating to @authorsabb.bsky.social!

OMG the determination in this pigeon’s eye. Maggie, this is beyond fantastic. Hooray for this unique @authorsabb.bsky.social fundraiser!!

Please read this whole thread and (whether you live in one of these 21 states or not), please write your members of Congress and tell them you want the Right to Read bill passed.

The right to access speech without the government viewpoint-limiting our taxpayer-funded libraries is on the line.

This absolutely breaks my heart. 💔
Thank you @heykellyjensen.bsky.social for this coverage.

What Do You Do With A Voice Like That book.

I hope it may be said, a hundred years from now, that by working together we helped make our country more just, more just for all of its people, as well as to insure and guarantee the blessings of liberty for all of our prosperity. That is what I hope. But I believe that at least it will be said that we tried.” -LBJ

What a treat to visit LBJ National Park today and see @bartography.bsky.social’s book in the gift shop! And this quote struck a chord with me. ☺️

When the Supreme Court Looked Away, the Fight for the Freedom to Read Came Home - Freedom to Learn Foundation By Leila Green Little Advisory Board Member, Freedom to Learn Foundation Last week, the United States Supreme Court declined to hear Little v. Llano County—the case that bears my name and, more import...

“It feels like 38 million Americans in Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi have been thrown to the wolves.”

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Thank you @librarianjones.com and Suzette Baker for this powerful piece. 38 million Americans now live in an unfortunate place and time where censorship is legal.

Wow, Kelly was unfortunately spot on. Again. More. Still.
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Thank you, Martha, for changing your life! 👏 Our world may not be better yet, but I am and I bet you are, too.

Also, loudly for those in the back:

If your government officials want to censor books, let’s

VOTE
THEM
OUT!

Leila Green Little, et al., v. Llano County, et al. News coverage

Here’s four years of news coverage about our lawsuit: padlet.com/lalubean/lei...

In Conversation: Freedom to Read Advocate Leila Green Little Words & Money talks with the lead plaintiff in Little v. Llano County about her four year fight against censorship.

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“If there is any fixed star in our constitutional constellation, it is that no official, high or petty, can prescribe what shall be orthodox in politics, nationalism, religion, or other matters of opinion or force citizens to confess by word or act their faith therein.” Eighty-two years ago, during WW2, our Supreme Court issued these words. Today, I still believe these words represent the promise of the very best of our country’s ideals. Unfortunately, now, this is no longer the truth or the law of the land in Texas. Oxford English Dictionary defines the noun censor as “an official with the power to suppress…books…on the grounds of obscenity, seditiousness, etc.” Four years ago, our elected officials, government employees, and some citizens worked in tandem to censor books at our local public library. This is an inarguable fact. Because of the standing Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling, this act of censorship and others like it are now legal. On Monday morning, members of our commissioners’ court were photographed smiling and high-fiving when the order from SCOTUS was announced. Kudos to our local journalists for capturing this apparent celebration. Supporters of censorship are found throughout the annals of history, throughout the world, and right here in our own backyard. Read some books and you’ll find them, too. My high school history teachers, librarians, and English teachers helped me find them, which is how I recognized them in my own hometown four years ago, and how I knew how to oppose them. I weep for the implications of this ruling. I thank those in the community who stand beside me and against censorship. I implore you all to both speak out and vote. As Audre Lorde wrote, “Your silence will not protect you.”

My letter to the editor in The Llano News today.

An image of Madeline Kahn in Young Frankenstein. She has a comically tall hairdo with white streaks in it.

Okay, it’s not a hat, but what about a pigeon with a Madeline Kahn in Young Frankenstein hairdo?

Thank you so much. 🙏

Thank you so much, Kelly. 🙏

American Short Fiction Gala Honors Llano Literary Defender Leila Green Little to receive this year’s Community Star Award for her work defending libraries

American Short Fiction Gala honors Llano literary defender Leila Green Little.