Jenna Bush Hager Reveals Daughter, 9, Wants To ‘Protest’ After ‘Favorite Books’ Were On Library ‘Ban List'(Exclusive)

Between January 1 and August 31, 2022, the American Library Association documented 681 attempts to prohibition oregon restrict room resources, and 1,651 unsocial titles were targeted, which is connected way to transcend grounds counts from 2021, according to preliminary information released successful September by the ALA. “I consciousness similar nary publication should beryllium banned. We unrecorded successful America, and I deliberation what teachers and librarians are taught to bash is to beryllium determination for kids and urge the books that are close for them, truthful it makes maine truthful bittersweet to perceive that,” Jenna Bush Hager, who is the girl of a librarian and avid reader, herself, said connected the HollywoodLife Podcast, exclusively. “I judge successful intelligence state and making each of these beauteous pieces of lit that we privation to work available.”

She continued, “I’m a girl of a librarian, but I’m besides my ain idiosyncratic and a erstwhile teacher, and a mother. It really has been a taxable of speech successful my household. My daughter Mila is rather disturbed with it and wants to protest. I’m like, ‘You spell girl!’ She’s a scholar conscionable similar I am.”

Jenna, who partnered with Dawn to merchandise the caller children’s e-book The Wonderful World Of Blue, explained that her girl “knows that immoderate of her favourite books are connected these ‘ban lists,’ including 1 of her favorites, Harry Potter. “I deliberation that’s wherefore this task is truthful important to me. I deliberation we underestimate the powerfulness of kids. They’re incredible,” the Today Show big said. “It’s truthful important to person these conversations with our kids astir everything that’s going on.”

Jenna’s caller e-book successful concern with Dawn is designed to animate the adjacent procreation of wildlife heroes and thatch readers and parents alike wherefore it’s much important than ever support our earth. “I consciousness similar books are a truly important mode to commencement speech and this is simply a amusive publication to read. There’s small tiny nuggets of accusation and tips that kids tin bash to truly to marque a large quality successful our environment, and that was thing I wanted to beryllium portion of,” she said connected the HollywoodLife Podcast. “I deliberation sometimes we hide however awesome kids are and what a large quality they tin make. But also, much than that, I’ve work it to my kids and it’s a amusive story. It’s thing that they each bask reading, and my littlest, who is three, keeps saying ‘Blue, blue,’ and I deliberation it’s due to the fact that helium wants maine to work it again, which I consciousness similar is simply a large sign!”

Jenna Bush Hager with the caller e-book, ‘The Wonderful World of Blue.’ (Courtesy of Dawn)

Dawn is celebrating their 50th day this twelvemonth and for much than 40 years the marque has been astatine the forefront of helping conserve wildlife and the environment done their partnerships with International Bird Rescue and The Marine Mammal Center. “They wanted to beryllium portion of the solution, and I consciousness similar astatine a time, when, we request idiosyncratic that’s going to beryllium portion of the solution, I wanted to beryllium portion of it, too,” Jenna said. “Their merchandise has been utilized for many, galore years due to the fact that it’s gentle capable to assistance prevention these animals, but now, that’s not enough. They besides wanted to marque definite that we amended each of our kids with tiny tips connected ways that we tin prevention the world.”

Everyone tin access The Wonderful World of Blue and download the e-book for escaped HERE. Listen to the afloat HollywoodLife Podcast interrogation with Jenna Bush Hager here!