The library has denied my story hour saying it’s in violation of their religious and political policies, now what?Updated 3 months ago

While many of the Brave Books story hours have contained religious elements like prayer or singing worship songs, these are not required to put on your story hour nor does doing those things classify you as a religious group. Advise your library that you will not be partaking in any religious practices and the books you’re reading do not contain any scripture within the story. You can even encourage them to reach out to us and request a digital copy of the book(s) beforehand. Additionally, although we refer to this as a movement, there is no political affiliation with our company or our story hours. BRAVE Books values align with Christian, Conservative viewpoints, but the story hours do not contain political gains for any particular political party. The story hours are meant to bring families back to the values and morals our country was founded upon. Even though those values come from traditional Christian beliefs, we do not directly preach, teach, or discuss the religion as part of the program.

If the library continues to challenge you, please let us know and we will involve our legal partner in researching this matter.