On Monday, April 7, Unite Against Book Bans will ask readers around the country to raise their voices online and in person for the third annual Right to Read Day. The 2025 theme is “Drawn to Freedom,” featuring original artwork by National Book Award-winning cartoonist Nate Powell.
“Drawn to Freedom” will celebrate the right to read and spotlight the other freedoms that are lost when libraries and library workers are attacked. In addition to the freedom to read, libraries protect the right to learn, think, and create freely, to access information from different viewpoints, and to do so in privacy.
Uniting Artists in Support of Library Freedoms
Right to Read Day 2025: Drawn to Freedom is organized in partnership with Authors Against Book Bans (AABB), Macmillan, and the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCWBI). In preparation for April 7, these partners are mobilizing their members and creative contributors to generate artistic works inspired by the freedoms found in libraries. We can’t wait to see what they do!
How You Can Help
Not a professional artist or creator? Not a problem! Readers and First Amendment supporters everywhere are invited to join in on Right to Read Day. Everyone can help advocate for libraries through art—one of our most powerful advocacy tools —on April 7. Here’s how you can help and follow along:
- Be an important part of #RightToReadDay and #DrawnToFreedom by creating or sharing drawings, videos, poetry, and other art that celebrates the freedoms found in libraries. Share your creation (or inspiration!) on social media to let your network know you support libraries and the freedom to read.
- Use our social media graphics to raise awareness and ask your followers and friends to join you! Be sure to follow and tag @UniteAgainstBookBans on Bluesky, Instagram, and Facebook. Use the hashtags #RightToReadDay and #DrawnToFreedom in your posts.
- Do you work in a library, school, or community organization? The Right to Read Day social media campaign is a great opportunity to bring students and community groups together to make art! Participants can share their work, and organizations can share event photos on April 7!
- Search your social media channels for #RightToReadDay to check out how artists, illustrators, authors, and others are supporting the freedom to read with their time and talents!
What More Can I Do?
Check out other Right To Read Day actions, including the option to send a postcard of support to your local library. As library workers defend our freedoms every day, tell them that you support the freedom to read and will have their backs in the fight against book bans!
Right to Read Day kicks off National Library Week 2025: Drawn to the Library. Learn more about how to take action and support libraries all week long.
