Lisa Varga recalls fielding questions from concerned parents as Harry Potter mania swept the globe in the early 2000s. Some were worried about the witchcraft; others didn’t think books about a boy ...

Unite Against Book Bans, an anti-censorship initiative of the American Library Association, opened its Book Résumé Database in February 2024, providing easy-access credentials for banned and ...

Cracking open a good book can take you on an adventure — but sometimes, it's not what's on the pages, but what's been left in them, that's the most exciting. Sharon McKellar, a librarian at the ...

Alachua County schools are working to update their library book database and train media specialists on appropriate books — all thanks to a new law signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis last year. The new law, ...

Across Utah’s biggest school districts, 262 books have been banned. The district with the most bans — Washington County School District — removed 54 titles. The top author — fantasy writer Sarah J.

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