‘Gender Queer’ Tops Library Group’s List of Challenged Books (via AP) TheAmerican Library Associationannounced that Maia Kobabe’s graphic memoir “Gender Queer” was the most “challenged” book of 2022,the second consecutive yearit has topped the list. The ALA defines a challenge as a ...
‘Local and Statewide Book Challenges’ Image: American Library Association Office of Intellectual Freedom Organized censorship groups, the report indicates, are creating lists of books they want to see banned from libraries. The use of these lists, the Office for Intellectual Freedom points out, “...
banned books to the shelves of the public library.In Arkansas,libraries,librarians,and library users joined to challenge Arkansas Act 372,a law passed in 2023 that would restrict minors access to books in bookstores and libraries located within the state and allow any person residing in Arkansas...