Banned Books Week is October 1-7, 2023. Book challenges have become more prevalent in the last couple of years, even in local school districts and public libraries.
In its report, the American Library Association documented more than 1,200 challenges to library books and resources last year. That's nearly twice as many as 2021, about 3 times the pre-pandemic average, and the highest since the ALA started collecting data 20 years ago. It also lists the 13 books that have been most challenged this past year, including the top 3-- Gender Queer, a memoir by Maia Kobabe, All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson, and Nobel Prize winning author Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye.
This short video chronicles an interview with Deborah Caldwell Stone, Director of the American Library Association's office for intellectual freedom and discusses current book challenges and potential issues. Watch it now on Films on Demand (6:00).
Find out what books are most challenged, where COM library stands on books and the history of book banning in the library's online Banned Books guide. Get an overview of the issues and pro/con viewpoints from the Opposing Viewpoints database.
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