Banned Books Week is an annual awareness campaign that:
- celebrates the freedom to read
- draws attention to banned and challenged books
- spotlights current and past attempts to censor books in schools and libraries
- brings national attention to the harms of censorship
Sponsored by the American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom, the theme for Banned Books Week 2023 is “Let Freedom Read,” and LevVar Burton will serve as Honorary Chair of this year’s Banned Books Week.
In 2023, the American Library Association released the list of the most challenged books in 2022.
Web Resources
- The 11 Most Banned Books of the 2022-2023 School Year (PEN America)
- The 50 Most Banned Books in America Right Now (Reader’s Digest)
- Attempts to Ban Books at Public Libraries Surge at Record Levels (Axios)
- Book Bans Continue Rising in the US (CNN)
- Challenges to Library Books Continue at Record Pace in 2023 (Associated Press)
- Top 13 Most Challenged Books of 2022 (American Library Association)
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