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Read the Books They Fear Comfort Colors Unisex T-Shirt

Read the Books They Fear Comfort Colors Unisex T-Shirt

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Unisex with a relaxed cut, true to size, S to 4XL. Garment-dyed heavyweight tee.

Read the books they fear. Every book that gets pulled from a shelf is a book someone in power did not want you to read, and the bookseller in the tee turned the county's challenge list into a display table by the register that has outsold every other table in the store for a year. Turning the impulse into a reading list is the shirt. This tee is the table.

Wear it to the bookstore, the banned books week display, the library, the school board challenge hearing, and the family dinner where a relative says those books should not be in schools. It is a strong gift for a bookseller, a librarian, a teacher with the list, and the friend who bought the whole table.

The tee is a Comfort Colors 1717, garment-dyed in 6.1 oz ring-spun cotton, soft and evenly colored, with a heavier hand than a novelty tee and three lines that read across a bookstore display table by the register. Direct-to-garment. It bonds with the cotton.

Unisex, relaxed, true to size. S through 4XL. Colors: Black, White, Bay, Blossom. Also Chambray, Graphite, Ivory, Banana. It is the bestselling-table entry on our book bans and libraries page.

Designed and printed to order in the USA. Machine wash cold, inside out, with like colors. Tumble dry low. Do not bleach or iron the design.

Details

  • Comfort Colors 1717 unisex tee.
  • Garment-dyed ring-spun cotton.
  • Weight 6.1 oz.
  • Direct-to-garment print, into the fabric.
  • Unisex, relaxed, true to size.
  • Sizes S through 4XL.
  • Eight colors, Black through Banana.
  • Made to order in the USA.

Common questions

How does this relate to read a book scare a fascist? Cousins. That one is what reading does to them; this one is which books to start with.

Would a bookstore order these for the staff? Stores do. Every shirt is printed to order. Any mix of sizes, one order.

Which color do booksellers pick? Black and Bay. Ivory for the display.

How does the 1717 fit? True to size, relaxed body. Order your usual.

Wear it to: the library board meeting, Banned Books Week, storytime, the bookstore.

Fabric and fit

Comfort Colors 1717: 6.1 oz 100 percent ring-spun cotton, garment-dyed and soft-washed so it feels broken in from the first wear. Relaxed unisex fit, true to size, S to 4XL in eight colors. Double-needle stitching, no side seams, sewn-in label.

Measurements for every size are on the size and fit guide.

Printing and care

Printed to order in the USA, direct to garment: water-based ink goes into the fabric rather than sitting on top, so the print stays soft and does not crack or peel.

Machine wash cold, inside out. Tumble dry low or hang dry. Do not iron the print. More on the fabric and care page.

Shipping and returns

Every shirt is made when you order it and ships from the USA. Current production and delivery times, and how returns work, are on the shipping and returns page. Ordering for a group? See group and bulk orders.

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