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About this guide

This guide will help you find resources and information about banned books, challenged books, and censorship. Nothing on this page is intended as legal advice.

Resources and Support

Challenge support - ALA Office of Intellectual Freedom
The American Library Association's website for reporting censorship. You do not have to be a librarian to report censorship.
Intellectual Freedom Information Services - CCBC
Confidential assistance for Wisconsin teachers and librarians facing challenges.
The Free Expression Educators Handbook
This resource contains tools and advice for managing book challenges and censorship in schools and school libraries. The handbook is intended for teachers, librarians, and school administrators.
Book Banning Resources - We Need Diverse Books
A list of links to support people concerned about or facing challenges. Sorted into groups for educators, students, librarians, and more.

Resources for book challenges - AASL
The American Association of School Librarians collection of links to resources for challenges, position statements and guides, community and professional development, and state initiatives and statements.
School Book Challenge Resource Center - NCAC
This is a website to get help advocating for books, report censorship in schools, and find resources to assist with challenges.
Book Censorship Action Kit
This is a collection of materials on how to combat book challenges in schools.
Banned Books Week Educator Resources
This is a listing of a variety of resources that can assist educators in dealing with challenges.
Does a classroom library have the same standards as a school library?
Question and answer page from the Cooperative Children's Book Center about classroom library standards.

Linder, S., & Majerus, E. (2016). Can I teach that?: negotiating taboo language and controversial topics in the language arts classroom. The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group. (particularly Chapter 2: Teaching the Banned Books Project)

ALA's information about bans in 2022
A press release from the American Library Association about the number of censorship attempts in 2022.
Banned in the USA
PEN America's report on book bans in the United States
Free Speech Under Attack: Book Bans and Academic Censorship
Congressional hearing about book bans and academic censorship.

Is your school facing a book challenge? These online resources may help/
An article from Education Week with resources for book challenges.
How to update your book challenge form
The Book Riot blog's information on updating forms for formal challenges. Including ideas for a template.
3 ways to navigate book challenges in lesson planning
Online article about dealing with book challenges in lesson planning.
7 ways to make a case for a challenged book in the classroom
The Open Book Blog's tips on using challenged books in the classroom
How teens are pushing back on book bans
A nextcity.org article about students protesting book bans.
A Teacher Who 'Refused to Be Party to Censorship' Tells Her Story.
Education Week article about a teacher that resigned rather than censor.