Sara Gruen’s New York Times bestseller “Water for Elephants” is the latest book to land on Utah’s growing list of titles banned from all public schools in the state. The novel follows Jacob Jankowski, ...

A map shows which states banned the most books in the 2024-2025 school year. PEN America recorded 6,870 instances of books being pulled from school libraries across 23 states and in 87 public school ...

Restrictions on books in public schools have become “rampant and common,” according to a new report by the free speech organization PEN America, so frequent in some states that they are now considered ...

A federal appeals court ruling will make it more difficult for library patrons to challenge book removal decisions, with the decision involving a public library in Texas but likely applying to school ...

Thousands of books have been banned by public school districts across the country, from the inspiration of the smash Broadway musical “Wicked” to American classics such as “To Kill A Mockingbird, and ...

The Escambia County School Board will vote on updates to its challenged books policy at the regular meeting set for July 15. The policy modifications come after the school board unanimously voted to ...

Ayanna Mayes’ job is to expand young people’s understanding of the world. She does this as a librarian at Chapin High School, providing access to books that can enhance their educational experience.

In September, a federal lawsuit settlement forced Florida’s Nassau County public school district to restore 36 books featuring race-related or lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer (LGBTQ) ...

Knox County Schools leaders, following a new state law, decided to pull 48 books out of its libraries and classrooms. Dashka Slater's nonfiction book "The 57 Bus" was among them. It is among the five ...