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The restriction of religious texts in U.S. public schools, including the Bible, was referred to as a "Bible ban". [102] In June 2023, the Davis School District in Utah banned the Bible in Elementary and Middle Schools due to "vulgarity or violence" inappropriate for the age group. [103] [104] [105]
Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf has been banned by several European governments. [1] [2] [3] This is an index of lists of banned books, which contain books that have been banned or censored by religious authority or government.
Many countries throughout the world have their own methods of restricting access to books, although the prohibitions vary strikingly from one country to another. [ citation needed ] Despite the opposition from the American Library Association (ALA), books continue to be banned by school and public libraries across the United States.
Banned Books Week this year is from Sept. 22-28. It's usually held during the last week of September. The theme of this year's event, according to the ALA, is " Freed Between the Lines ."
Here are 15 books PEN America says were most frequently banned in the first part of the 2022-23 school year. 1. “Gender Queer: A Memoir” by Maia Kobabe.
Here's a list of the most banned books and why access to diverse books matters. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways ...
Using the Radcliffe Publishing Course Top 100 Novels of the 20th Century, ALA has also noted banned and challenged classics. [5] The ALA does not claim comprehensiveness in recording challenges. Research suggests that for each challenge reported there are as many as four or five which go unreported. [6] The list is sorted alphabetically by default.
Here is the next book on the critics’ list for banning at school libraries due to overt sexual content: The Bible. But this time, instead of evangelical Christians seeking to remove books from ...