Public Libraries

These outstanding works by 12 authors encompass historical fiction, fantasy, graphic novels, picture books, and more. 

Fantasy or contemporary, funny or serious, these books show characters of different cultural backgrounds, skin colors, and gender identities, demonstrating the many ways in which Jews can be intersectional.

What do you do when trustees pressure a library to cut summer programming due to book challenges? Pat Scales answers that question and more.  

Parents in Pickens County, SC, along with the NAACP, are suing the district and charging that the removal of Stamped is a violation of their children's First Amendment rights; a Nebraska high school librarian resigns in protest over a new book policy; book banners threaten publishers and public library funding; and more.

Organizations and conservative school boards that champion censorship attempts have broadened their messaging to target public library funding and professional conferences for school and public librarians.