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How much do authors’ reputations drive book challenges?

A look at the titles, data, a round up of recent related content, and more, as the literary world focuses the spotlight on censorship.

A frequently challenged book club pick; insisting on the Pledge of Allegiance 

Damon, library support specialist at Denver Public Schools (DPS), and Torres, teacher librarian at DPS’s Montbello Campus, on Angie Thomas’s blockbuster YA novel and the upcoming film. 

UK school librarian Lucas Maxwell's students at Glenthorne High School in London booktalk their favorite challenged titles.

Boyd discusses the connection between street lit and challenged books, while Winner describes the frequently challenged LGBTQ-themed picture books that he shares with his elementary students. 

Try these projects and games with your students on Banned Websites Awareness Day (September 26), which seeks to raise awareness of overly restrictive filtering of educational websites and to explore the impact on intellectual freedom.

Promote the freedom to read with banned books bingo, trading cards, fiery displays, and more.

Recommending books to rising sixth graders sparks controversy