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Banned Books Week: Welcome

a guide about banned books week

American Library Association Data

Image with text "ALA Releases Censorship Data for 2024. New Data ties majority of library censorship to organized campaigns. ALA American Library Association."

Image with text "821 Attempts to censor library books and materials in 2024. ALA American Library Association."

Image with text "2,452 unique titles targeted for censorship in 2024. ALA American Library Association."

Image with text "Who demands book bans in schools and public libraries? 72% Pressure Groups and Government Entities (including elected officials, board members, and administrators). 16% parents. 12% other (individual library users, teachers, teachers, librarians, staff.) ALA American Library Association."

Image with text "As the organized attempts to censor materials in libraries persist, we must continue to unite and protect the freedom to read and support our library workers, especially at a time when our nation's libraries are facing threats to funding and library professionals are facing threats to their livelihood. Cindy Hohl. ALA President. ALA American Library Association."

PEN America Data

Every Texas School District Book Ban
The Dallas Observer reports on book bans in Texas school libraries in 2024, including 171 books removed from North East ISD in San Antonio. Data from Pen America.
2024-2025 Analysis of School Libraries
Pen America's most recent analysis of book bannings specifically in school libraries in the US.

Report Censorship

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Take Action!

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Flyer for Banned Books Week Celebration and Banned Books Week Bingo

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Censorship Through The Years (Use the Arrows to Click Through)

Top 10 Most Challenged Books of 2024

Cover art for <All Boys Aren't Blue>

Cover art for <Gender Queer>

Cover art for <The Bluest Eye>

Cover art for <The Perks of Being a Wallflower>

Cover art for <Tricks>

Cover art for <Looking for Alaska>

Cover art for <Me and Earl and the Dying Girl>

Cover art for <Crank>

Cover art for <Sold>

Cover art for <Flamer>

Books about Banning Books

Banned Books by DK
Call Number: Z1019 .B26 2022

ISBN: 9780744056280

Publication Date: 2022-08-30

Immerse yourself in the stories behind the most shocking and infamous books ever published.
Silenced in the Library: banned books in America by Zeke Jarvis
ISBN: 9781440843952

Publication Date: 2017-08-18

This examination of banned books across U.S. history examines the motivations and effects of censorship, shows us how our view of right and wrong has evolved over the years, and helps readers to understand the tremendous importance of books and films in our society.

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