Downloadable Postcards

Rally your community with this simple project to fight book bans and support school librarians—the defenders of students’ freedom to read.

Create a mailing campaign is as easy as 1-2-3!

  1. Click on the buttons below to download the 4 x 6 postcard PDF files (front and back).

  2. Upload files for batch printing on sites such as Gotprint or Vistaprint.

  3. Have students fill in and mail to elected officials.

    Tips: Ask your community members to donate postcard stamps and print address labels for easy addressing.

Special thanks to the amazing children’s book illustrators from the Painted Words Agency who have donated their time and art. Please click on their name links to see more of their work.

Sample Postcard Back

(Please Note: Thumbnails are not the actual size of postcards.)

Read Freely by TeMika Grooms

Grooms Front
Grooms Back

Stop Banning Books by Romina Rollhauser

Rollhauser Front
Rollhauser Back

Empty Shelves by Alex Nees

NEES Front
Nees Back

Book Blindfold by Doris Rodriguez

Rodriguez FRONT
Rodriguez BACK

Free to Read, Think, Grow by Cherise Harris

Harris Front
Harris Back

Welcome Back by Harry Briggs

Briggs Front
Briggs BACK

No to Bans by Huy Voun Lee

Lee FRONT
Lee Back

Heart of the School by Jia Liu

Liu Front
Liu Back

Book Worth Reading by Keith Henry Brown

Brown Front
Brown Back

Freedom to Read, by Chamisa Kellogg

Kellogg Front
Kellogg Back

Banned Books Rule by Julia Patton

PATTON FRONT
PATTON Back