It’s Banned Books Week. LGBTQ+ content tops the most-challenged list.
The attempts to censor, restrict or ban books in 2024 in the United States continued to surpass pre-pandemic levels, while books with LGBTQ+ themes dominate the most-challenged list, advocacy groups said in reports released Monday,
Read between the lines of book bans
Sunday marked the start of Banned Books Week, and bookstores across the country are on a shopping spree, saying they are 100% determined to keep books on the banned list in stock.
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OPINION: Banned Books Week reminds us kids deserve to be challenged. Don’t censor that.
Children need access to diverse perspectives to grow, and that includes those that are unpopular or uncomfortable.
It's Banned Books Week. Here's what you need to know
The annual event is meant to bring the book community together in support of literature and the need for having free and open access to information.
Banned Books Week Starts With Mixed Messages as Reports Show Challenges Both up and Down
Two new reports provide a mixed but compelling outlook on the wave of book removals and challenges as the annual Banned Books Week begins for schools, stores and libraries nationwide
Banned Books Week: How to get your hands on free banned or challenged books in Florida
More books have been challenged and removed from schools in Florida than any other state, and not everyone can afford to buy them. Here's where to go.
Waiting for a flight at LAX? You might be able to read a banned book
Screens throughout the airport will soon invite people to read a banned book by using a QR code to get a temporary library ...
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New book aims to teach Portland kids about homelessness
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WJHG’s Chapter Chat Book Drive wraps up, more than 2,000 books donated to local children
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Bam! Pow! Comic books and graphic novels draw children into the art of reading
Ahead of Ireland’s first comic-book festival for children, we look at how graphic stories help to support literacy and brain ...
KMBC 9 CARES FOR KIDS: Help us get 1,000 books to local kids through Lead to Read KC
KMBC 9 Cares for Kids is partnering with Lead to Read to build a community of readers. You can help us reach our goal of ...
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Libraries, stores across Bucks County spotlight censored literature amid Banned Books Week
Titles deemed the 'most challenged' in 2023 were spotlighted in stores, bookstores, and libraries this week, including ...
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Let Freedom Read Day
This year, Banned Books Week is Sept. 22-28, culminating with “Let Freedom Read Day.” It is sad and frustrating that we still ...
Healthy SA: Kids are reading less and less, and that could impact how their brains develop into adults
The Literacy Project says one out of every two adults cannot read a book written at an eighth-grade level. Two out of every ...
Children’s book tells story of tennis partners who persevered to play game they loved.
When Althea Gibson dreamed of joining the big American tennis leagues, she was denied because she was Black. In Britain, ...
Voices: Legislative overreach in Utah bans books that help protect kids from abuse
Like most Americans, we believe that it is ultimately parents — not politicians — who are best positioned to set boundaries ...