LORI THE
LIBRARIAN
Lori the Librarian has a storehouse of tools to empower parents who are courageously committed to joining her in protecting our kids.
These resources equip parents with the knowledge and action plans needed to assess the content in their local schools and libraries, protecting the kids in their communities from materials promoting harmful ideology.
Whether you're interested in searching for bad books in online catalogs, filing a FOIA request to see what's lurking in your child's school, submitting a book challenge to your local library, or drafting and passing a new piece of legislation, Lori's tools provide everything you need on your hero's journey.
She's a Mom! | She's a Librarian! | She's a Superhero!
She's taking ACTION - YOU can join her!
WHAT YOU CAN DO TO PROTECT YOUR KIDS
FROM BAD BOOKS IN THE LIBRARY
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Monitor what your kids are reading
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Know what's in your child's library
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Talk with your librarians, teachers and school officials
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Make sure your school / library has a Book Challenge Process
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Challenge books
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Tell your friends, community members, churches, etc.
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Engage with your school board, city council & state legislatures
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Use the tools below to protect, not pervert!
WHATS IN YOUR CHILD'S LIBRARY?
SEARCH BOOK CONTENT BY KEYWORD
HOW DO I USE RATED BOOKS?
RATED BOOKS FEATURES
LORI'S
PROTECTOR TOOLS
Tools to Defeat the Groomer Gang
Rated Books helps parents and children choose safer stories by providing honest book ratings for kids and teens along with examples of concerning excerpts found in the books.
Take Back the Classroom shows parents the pornographic books in their local schools. The site has searched and documented harmful books in hundreds of school districts nationwide.
Screen It First provides crowdsourced book monitoring. This public platform allows anyone to share and view snapshots of questionable content in children's books. The site features more than 4,000 screened books.
Destiny Follett is the online library catalog used by many school districts across America.
Mary in the Library USA is a Facebook page that posts materials parents may want to challenge in school libraries. The site features books from the Rated Books website.
We the People 2 tracks 9,300+ book titles that have been submitted and undergone a school district reconsideration/ challenge process. Some of the books are linked to excerpts of questioned language.
Goodreads is the world’s largest site for readers and book recommendations. In addition to providing community reviews, the site's recommendation engine analyzes 20 billion data points to give suggestions tailored for the reader.
Common Sense Media reviews and provides ratings for media and technology with the goal of providing information on their suitability for children.
As a book seller, Amazon lists descriptions and other pertinent information about books it offers. Reviews are included, which can provide excellent information as to the suitability of books for children.
Romance.IO provides information on more than 600,000 romance books, including ratings and reviews, steam ratings and content tags and warnings. Registered site users provide ratings and reviews.
Rated Reads is a resource for readers and parents searching for clean book reviews. It focuses on recently published books, providing detailed information about their content to help readers make educated decisions.
Both websites, The Story Graph and The Trigger Warning Database, provide summaries / lists of trigger words and topics. Sites can be searched by title, author or trigger content.