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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.
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 graphical depictions of child sex, like Gender Queer: A ...
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 ...
Sept. 22-28 is Banned Books Week. See a list of the top 10 most challenged books, and which state had the most in 2023. ... the ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom tracked 1,247 efforts to ...
In connection with Banned Books Week, the ALA has released preliminary data documenting attempts to censor books during the first eight months of 2024, in settings including school libraries ...
The Banned Book Club, an online resource allows readers to check out books banned by local libraries [46] Queer Liberation Library , is an LGBT digital library that aims to provide resources representing LGBT communities that is accessible to those living in areas where physical access to LGBT books is limited [ 33 ]
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.
A Banned Books Week "read out" at Shimer College. The event has been held during the last full week of September since 1982. [13] Banned Books Week is intended to encourage readers to examine challenged literary works and to promote intellectual freedom in libraries, schools, and bookstores.