Bookstores and libraries need to be advocates for literacy and freedom of speech. The ability and freedom to read are the foundational requirements of a civil society.  Paradise Lost Books takes seriously its commitment to these values and is proud to support programs to expand literacy and fight censorship. For more information, please peruse the links below: 

LITERACY 

http://www.theliteracysite.com - Clicking the donate button at the Literacy Site once a day will help buy books for children at no cost to you 

http://www.literacy.gov – The Library of Congress’s website for Lifelong Literacy 

http://www.nifl.gov/ - The National Institute for Literacy 

CENSORSHIP 

http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/intfreedom/index.cfm - The American Library Association’s intellectual freedom site

http://www.abffe.org - Paradise Lost Books is a proud member of the American Booksellers’ Foundation for Free Expression  

http://www.tjcenter.org - Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression 

http://www.bannedbooksweek.org - Banned Books Week 

http://www.ncac.org - National Coalition Against Censorship