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How Ratings Create Trust in Movies, Games… and Now Books
Jon PApril 7, 2026

How Ratings Create Trust in Movies, Games… and Now Books

Discover why books finally have a trusted rating system like movies (PG-13) and video games (ESRB). BookLooky’s free Looky Rating System (LRS) gives parents, teachers & readers instant, spoiler-free content ratings — plus authors & publishers can print the official rating right in their books.

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The right books can help not harm
JonFebruary 21, 2026

The right books can help not harm

I read this NPR story today and it’s stayed with me. A high school pulled The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao right in the middle of their students’ mental-health crisis. Not because it was the wrong book—just the wrong time, they said. The kids wanted to keep reading it. They wanted the conversation.

#reading#self help#conversation#book ban
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