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  2. List of books banned by governments - Wikipedia

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    Despite the opposition from the American Library Association (ALA), books continue to be banned by school and public libraries across the United States. This is usually the result of complaints from parents, who find particular books not appropriate for their children (e.g., books with depictions of LGBTQ+ individuals, like Gender Queer: A Memoir).

  3. It's Banned Books Week: Most challenged titles and how ... - AOL

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    Banned Books Week poses that question as parents' rights groups, politicians, librarians and publishers are increasingly at odds over which books are suitable for young people to read.

  4. List of most commonly challenged books in the United States

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    Since 2001, the American Library Association has posted the top ten most frequently challenged books per year on their website. [4] 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.

  5. It's Banned Books Week. Here's what you need to know - AOL

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    It's Banned Books Week, an annual effort by the American Library Association to raise awareness about censorship.. Each year, the ALA creates a top 10 list of the most challenged books filed by ...

  6. These two states are responsible for most of the nation's ...

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    To mark Banned Books Week, the American Library Association, or ALA, has also released preliminary data related to censorship, focusing on book bans in public, school, and academic libraries ...

  7. Book censorship in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Banned Books Week is the product of a national alliance between organizations who strive to bring awareness to banned books. [123] Founded by first amendment and library activist Judy Krug and the Association of American Publishers in 1982, the event aims to bring banned books "to the attention of the American public".

  8. As children's book bans soar, sales are down and librarians ...

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    Of the 23 picture books banned in at least two districts in the 2023-24 school year, 14 included LGBTQ+ characters and 17 had characters of color, with some books falling into multiple categories ...

  9. Books Unbanned - Wikipedia

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    Books Unbanned is a United States library program that issues library cards nationwide from regional libraries in order to give electronic access to the library's digital and audio collections to teens and young adults living in U.S. locations where books are being challenged.