![]() ALA records challenged books as those that an individual or organization wanted to be removed from schools or public libraries. More than 300 picture books for elementary school readers, with illustrations and sparse text, were banned, PEN America, a free speech advocacy organization that tracks book bans, found earlier this year.īook challenges do not necessarily result in book bans. Caught up in these challenges were 550 unique children’s titles and 1,604 young adult titles, making up 86 percent of all challenges throughout the year, ALA found. Eleveld, Mark, ed.Almost 60 percent of the book challenges involved school libraries or curricula, and about 40 percent targeted public libraries, according to the ALA numbers.Deal With It! A Whole New Approach to Your Body, Brain, and Life as a gURL Draper, Sharon M., and Adam Lowenbein.Clerc, Charles, and Louis Leiter, comp.Dance on My Grave: A Life and Death in Four Parts Forever in Blue, the Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood History Alive! The Medieval World and Beyond Heartbreak and Roses: Real Life Stories of Troubled Love The Rose and the Beast: Fairy Tales Retold The Notebook Girls: Four Friends, One Diary, Real Life Baskin, Julia, Lindsey Newman, Sophie Pollitt-Cohen, and Courtney Toombs.The Great Tree of Avalon: Child of the Dark Prophecy The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian ![]() (Books written for YA audiences, those featuring a YA main character, and classics that regularly appear on high school required reading lists.) We compile lists of challenged books in order to inform the public about censorship efforts that affect libraries and schools. The ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) receives reports from libraries, schools, and the media on attempts to ban books in communities across the country. 3-D Printing in Libraries: Policies and Best Practices.Meeting Rooms, Exhibit Spaces, and Programs.Intellectual Freedom and Censorship Q & A.Interpretations of the Library Bill of Rights.Poll: Voters Oppose Book Bans in Libraries.ALA Statement on Censorship of Information Addressing Racial Injustice, Black American History, and Diversity Education.Library Services to the Incarcerated and Detained. ![]() Library Services for Patrons with Alzheimer's/Dementia.Libraries Respond: Protecting and Supporting Transgender Staff and Patrons.Libraries Respond: National Day of Healing.Libraries Respond: Immigrants, Refugees, and Asylum Seekers.Libraries Respond: Drag Queen Story Hour.Libraries Respond: Cyber-bullying and Doxxing.Libraries Respond: Combating Xenophobia and Fake News in light of COVID-19.Hateful Conduct in Libraries: Supporting Library Workers and Patrons. ![]()
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