The push to sanitize school collections erases what literature is for: knowledge, discovery, the freedom to think The post ...

Books that challenge authority or disrupt norms have often faced bans; however, many refused to vanish quietly. Instead, they crossed borders and sparked powerful movements. Despite attempts to ...

The book "Grown" by Tiffany Jackson has been added to the rotation of The Bottom's Banned Book Club and will be discussed at the club's reading event 2-4 p.m. May 31 at Lawson McGhee Library, 500 ...

Seven of 10 of the most banned books in American libraries featured LGBTQ+ characters, according to the latest banned books report from the American Library Association (ALA), while 2024 ranked as ...

ELIZABETH, Colo. — The Elizabeth School District is refusing to comply with a federal judge's order to return 19 banned books to school library shelves, despite Tuesday's deadline. The order ...

A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction and ordered the Elizabeth School District to lift its ban on 19 books from school libraries. The district, located in eastern Colorado’s ...

The book has touched the lives of so many people. I’ve done over 80 books, and Pinkalicious is about loving yourself for who you are. Every message that I write is to help educate children.

Still another pair of “read banned books” socks with ominous images of flames leaping from the general area of the toes, ($23). “These are great,” I say, picking up the bookmark.

In total, 10,000 were banned during the 2023-2024 academic calendar. Most books were from the young adult or adult genres, with picture books making up 2% of all total banned books.

When Utah ordered schools statewide to remove more than a dozen books from libraries and classrooms in 2024, free-speech advocacy groups criticized the measure as the “most extreme” in the ...

The U.S. has seen a wave of book banning attempts in recent years, data shows. The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has announced that it is rescinding all past guidance ...

According to the district website, eight books were banned in 2021. Four were banned in 2022 and 18 were banned in 2023. So far in 2024, 37 titles have been banned from Katy ISD in 2024.