Protect Your Collections. Support Informed Choice.
As a librarian, teacher, or school administrator, you are on the front lines of fostering literacy, curiosity, and intellectual growth. But you also face increasing scrutiny over the books available in your collections. In today’s environment, transparency and documentation can make all the difference.
ReadSafe Ratings is your ally.
This voluntary content advisory system provides a consistent, easy-to-understand framework that rates books based on their content. With a six-tier rating scale and optional content labels (e.g., EL - Explicit Language, V - Violence, SCB/SCT - Sexual Content, DA - Drug/Alcohol Use, ST - Sensitive Topics), ReadSafe Ratings helps ensure that your library shelves are both enriching and appropriately curated.
What You Gain:
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Clarity & Consistency – All books submitted are reviewed using the same transparent criteria. This enables fair, consistent decision-making when building or evaluating your collection.
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Documentation for Challenges – Each rating includes a short explanation of content. If a book is challenged, you have a third-party evaluation to back up your selection process.
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Better Reader Matching – Help students, parents, and teachers understand the content level of a book before they open it. This supports freedom of choice, not censorship.
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Time Savings – Don’t have time to read every book? ReadSafe Ratings does the deep dive for you.
How to Use ReadSafe Ratings in Your Institution:
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Look Up a Title – Search our public database at ReadSafeRatings.com/database
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Review Rating & Labels – Check the book's rating and explanation to understand if it aligns with your readers’ needs.
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Use Ratings for Book Lists or Reading Levels – Use the advisory ratings to organize classroom libraries, recommend age-appropriate titles, or guide parent/student selections.
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Request a Rating – Have a new book you’d like evaluated? Encourage the author to submit, or partner with TAMIH to sponsor bulk ratings for classroom use.
We stand with educators and librarians.
ReadSafe Ratings is not about banning books. It’s about helping everyone make confident, informed reading decisions in a time when that clarity is needed more than ever.
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