{"id":2326623,"date":"2024-08-19T07:20:01","date_gmt":"2024-08-19T11:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hundreds-of-conservatives-to-host-story-hours-this-week\/"},"modified":"2024-08-19T07:29:07","modified_gmt":"2024-08-19T11:29:07","slug":"hundreds-of-conservatives-to-host-story-hours-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hundreds-of-conservatives-to-host-story-hours-this-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Hundreds Of Conservatives To Host Story Hours This Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhundreds-of-conservatives-to-host-story-hours-this-week%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2326623&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In June, drag queens set a Guinness \u200cWorld \u2063Record for\u2062 attendance at\u200b a\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/toronto-public-library-eliminates-late-fees-to-combat-racial-inequity\/\" title=\"Toronto Public Library Eliminates Late Fees To Combat Racial Inequity\">story hour<\/a> in Philadelphia, \u200dprompting Kirk\u200c Cameron and his team to \u200baim to surpass this record on &#8220;See You at the Library Day,&#8221; scheduled for August 24.\u200d Despite facing difficulties,\u2064 including 50-plus libraries denying Cameron public space due\u200b to their hosting of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/four-colorado-elementary-schools-dei-groups-teamed-up-to-promote-drag-queen-story-hour\/\" title=\"Four Colorado Elementary Schools\u2019 DEI Groups Teamed Up To Promote Drag Queen Story Hour\">drag queen events<\/a>, Cameron\u2064 successfully held over \u200c300 story hours\u200d last year by renting \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maine-rules-in-favor-of-dude-seeking-to-be-housed-with-women-in-senior-care-facility\/\" title=\"Maine Rules in Favor of Dude Seeking to Be Housed With Women in Senior Care Facility\">private rooms<\/a>. This year, he is \u2064partnering with\u200b Brave Books to\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oregon-middle-schoolers-allowed-to-skip-class-to-watch-transgender-show\/\" title=\"Oregon Middle Schoolers Allowed To Skip Class To Watch Transgender Show\">organize events<\/a> \u2063in various\u200d states, with notable\u200c participation\u200c planned in Texas\u200b and California. <\/p>\n<p>Cameron aims to provide children and parents with \u200dstories that reflect\u2064 Christian values, addressing topics like gender identity from a\u200d biblical \u200cperspective. He introduced titles \u2063like &#8220;Elephants Are Not Birds,&#8221; which encourages kids to embrace their\u200c true identity, and &#8220;Sky Tree,&#8221; focusing\u2064 on\u200d valuing all lives. The initiative\u200b has\u200b faced opposition from local \u200dactivists, sparking protests dubbed &#8220;Kirkpocalypse,&#8221; highlighting allegations of hypocrisy among those opposing his\u200c family-friendly \u200dapproach to storytelling. Cameron asserts the importance\u2063 of these story hours in promoting traditional \u2063values and responding to community needs.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>On June 1, the first day of &ldquo;pride&rdquo; month, drag queens set a Guinness World Record for attendance when 263 people showed up in Philadelphia to hear one of their infamous story hours. On Aug. 24, one of the hundreds of Americans hosting wholesome story hours in nearly every state across the country hope to dwarf that record on <a href=\"https:\/\/bravebooks.us\/pages\/see-you-at-the-library-2024#become-a-host\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">See You at the Library Day<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>They shouldn&rsquo;t have much trouble. After 50-plus libraries <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/12\/08\/kirk-cameron-cant-read-his-childrens-book-to-kids-unless-he-dresses-like-a-prostitute-and-gyrates-for-their-singles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">denied<\/a> actor and author Kirk Cameron public rooms to host age-appropriate story hours for kids in 2022 and 2023 &mdash; despite many of those same rooms being used for drag queen story hours &mdash; Cameron and his team resorted to renting out private rooms. The effort was a booming success, with more than 300 total story hours across the United States. The very first story hour Cameron hosted in Indianapolis drew thousands of people.<\/p>\n<p>This year, Cameron is again <a href=\"https:\/\/bravebooks.us\/pages\/see-you-at-the-library-2024#become-a-host\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">partnering with Brave Books<\/a> to set up story hours, with hundreds of patriotic Americans hosting events in their hometowns. Some of the hosts &mdash; such as a Christian fireman, an immigrant from Soviet Russia, and a homeschooling mom &mdash; are returners from last year, while others are jumping into the fray for the first time. <\/p>\n<p>According to Brave Books, as of Friday night, Texas alone has 39 story hours planned, with deep blue California planning to host 16. Cameron told The Federalist that he and Pastor John Amanchukwu plan to attend some of the story hours in the D.C. and Virginia area.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We don&rsquo;t want to abandon these states,&rdquo; Camon said of the &ldquo;hurting&rdquo; areas &ldquo;crying out for a change.&rdquo; &ldquo;We want to be part of their revival and resuscitation.&rdquo; The Brave team even invited Gov. Gavin Newsom to attend a story hour in California &ldquo;in hopes that he will learn about the values that will return blessings to his state.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Kids and parents who show up for See You at the Library Day can expect to &ldquo;learn about gender identity from God&rsquo;s perspective,&rdquo; Cameron told The Federalist in an interview. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s a book called <em>Elephants Are Not Birds<\/em>, and Culture the Vulture tries to convince Kevin the Elephant that he might be happier living as a bird because he likes to sing. But Kevin discovers the truth, and he becomes the local hero when he embraces who God made him and designed him to be.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In another story, kids will also learn about Sky Tree, &ldquo;a little acorn who grows into a big, strong tree and provides a home and food for all the animals on Freedom Island,&rdquo; Cameron said. They&rsquo;ll also &ldquo;learn about valuing all lives &hellip; including the unborn life, including disabled lives, and including elderly lives specifically.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;These are the kinds of books that are fun, imaginative, but they&rsquo;re reinforcing the worldview and the values that parents so desperately want,&rdquo; Cameron added.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>\n<div>\n<p>         <span>Image Credit<\/span>Courtesy of Brave Books       <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>See You at the Library Day hasn&rsquo;t been without leftist pushback, especially from angry local activists. In Huntsville, Alabama, for instance, where Cameron visited with conservative swimmer Riley Gaines last year, he said left-wing members of the community are organizing a protest and dubbing the family-friendly library movement &ldquo;Kirkpocalypse.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The hypocrisy is at a level 10,&rdquo; Cameron said. The people who cry &ldquo;book ban&rdquo; when parents try to keep pornographic books out of their children&rsquo;s hands are the same ones trying to shut down an uplifting book-reading event.<\/p>\n<p>But most of the response has been positive. Cameron said many of the libraries remember the event from last year and are more excited this time, which has increased the number participating.<\/p>\n<p>The hosts are excited too, and some are returning from last year because &ldquo;it will take action of brave men and women to revive [us from] our cultural decline in this country,&rdquo; as one host from Camp Verde, Arizona, shared. He&rsquo;s right. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The most important thing we can do to win the war is not going to be screaming, yelling, and who we vote for,&rdquo; emphasized Cameron, who just became a grandfather. &ldquo;Nothing works if we don&rsquo;t raise our own children. We&rsquo;ve got to be the gatekeepers to make sure no evil comes to them and we build up their immunity to evil. And we build up the good in them.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I want to build a library of things for kids and grandkids all over the country that will ignite their imagination and give them a love for the truth and an understanding of right from wrong.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><em>Find a story hour near you <a href=\"https:\/\/bravebooks.us\/pages\/see-you-at-the-library-2024#become-a-host\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>. If there isn&rsquo;t one, go to your local library with your kids on Aug. 24 to read books rooted in traditional biblical and American values and pray for America.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Kylee Griswold is the editorial director of The Federalist. She previously worked as the copy editor for the Washington Examiner magazine and as an editor and producer at National Geographic. She holds a B.S. in Communication Arts\/Speech and an A.S. in Criminal Justice and writes on topics including feminism and gender issues, religion, and the media. Follow her on Twitter <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/kyleezempel\">@kyleezempel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On June 1, the inaugural day of &#8220;pride&#8221; month, drag queens achieved a Guinness World Record for attendance with 263 individuals attending one of their well-known story hours in Philadelphia. On August 24, many Americans organizing family-friendly story hours across nearly all states aim to surpass that record during See You at the Library Day. <\/p>\n<p>They are likely to succeed. After over 50 libraries turned down actor and author Kirk Cameron&#8217;s requests for public spaces to hold age-appropriate story hours for children in 2022 and 2023\u2014despite those same spaces being used for drag queen events\u2014Cameron and his team opted to rent private venues instead. This initiative proved highly successful, resulting in more than 300 story hours nationwide, with the first event in Indianapolis attracting thousands.<\/p>\n<p>This year, Cameron is once again collaborating with Brave Books to organize these story hours, with numerous patriotic Americans hosting events in their communities. Some hosts are returning from last year\u2019s efforts\u2014including a Christian firefighter, a Soviet immigrant, and a homeschooling mother\u2014while others are participating for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>According to Brave Books data as of Friday night, Texas has scheduled 39 story hours while California plans to host 16 despite its liberal leanings. Cameron mentioned that he and Pastor John Amanchukwu intend to attend some events in the D.C. and Virginia areas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t want to abandon these states,\u201d Cameron stated regarding regions \u201ccrying out for change.\u201d He expressed a desire to contribute positively towards their revival. The Brave team even invited Governor Gavin Newsom of California to join one of their story hours \u201cin hopes that he will learn about values that could bring blessings back to his state.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Children and parents attending See You at the Library Day can expect stories focused on \u201cgender identity from God\u2019s perspective,\u201d according to Cameron&#8217;s interview with The Federalist. One featured book is titled Elephants Are Not Birds; it tells the tale of Kevin the Elephant who learns about embracing his true self rather than conforming based on external pressures.<\/p>\n<p>Another narrative involves Sky Tree\u2014a small acorn growing into a strong tree providing shelter and sustenance on Freedom Island\u2014as well as lessons on valuing all lives including those unborn or disabled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese books are imaginative yet reinforce worldviews and values parents cherish,\u201d added Cameron.<\/p>\n<p>However, See You at the Library Day has faced opposition from leftist activists; notably in Huntsville, Alabama where local groups have organized protests against what they call &#8220;Kirkpocalypse.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Cameron criticized this hypocrisy: those who decry &#8220;book bans&#8221; when parents seek limits on inappropriate content also attempt to disrupt uplifting reading events aimed at families.<\/p>\n<p>Despite some pushback, most feedback has been positive; many libraries recall last year&#8217;s event fondly which has led more institutions joining this year\u2019s initiative.<\/p>\n<p>Hosts express enthusiasm too; some return because they believe it requires courageous individuals taking action against cultural decline\u2014a sentiment echoed by an Arizona host who emphasized community involvement is crucial during these times.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe key way we can win this battle isn\u2019t through shouting or political votes,\u201d stressed Cameron\u2014a new grandfather himself\u2014\u201cIt starts by raising our children right.\u201d He aims not only for them but also future generations across America\u2014to foster imagination while instilling love for truth alongside moral understanding.<\/p>\n<p>To find a nearby story hour or participate independently by visiting your local library on August 24th is encouraged; read books reflecting traditional biblical principles while praying for America\u2019s future.<\/p>\n<p>Kylee Griswold serves as editorial director at The Federalist after previous roles including copy editor at Washington Examiner magazine along with editing positions at National Geographic. She holds degrees in Communication Arts\/Speech as well as Criminal Justice focusing her writing around feminism\/gender issues\/religion\/media topics among others\u2014and you can follow her @kyleezempel on Twitter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":994,"featured_media":2326624,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Kirk-in-Taylor-TX-2023.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[38526,38524,4539,38525,38523],"class_list":["post-2326623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-book-reading","tag-community-events","tag-conservatives","tag-family-activities","tag-story-hours"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Kirk-in-Taylor-TX-2023.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2326623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/994"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2326623"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2326623\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2326624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2326623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2326623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2326623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}