'Unite Against Book Bans offers practical tools for anyone to use right now to address book censorship in their community,' said Deborah Caldwell-Stone, director of American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom.
The Brooklyn Public Library offers a free library card to anyone in the U.S. aged 13 to 21 who wants to check out and read books digitally in response to the nationwide wave of book censorship and restrictions. Banned Book Week started 40 years ago as a celebration of the freedom to read but the librarian-led movement is shifting into the world of grassroots organizing as an unprecedented number of book-ban efforts have emerged around the country.
"Unite Against Book Bans offers practical tools for anyone to use right now to address book censorship in their community," Caldwell-Stone said."It's really important for everyone to know what's going on with their local boards to support their local libraries, to participate in this conversation." Similar themes are reflected in many of the books that make up the top 10 most challenged titles last year, according to the American Library Association."All Boys Aren’t Blue" by George M. Johnson"The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" by Sherman Alexie"This Book is Gay" by Juno DawsonThe number of challenged books hit an all-time high last year.
The Unity Against Book Bans campaign comes with a “toolkit” to help individuals combat the growing movement book bans within their community, including a set of talking points on book bans, how to mobilize at a community level and how to contact local leaders and media outlets to speak out against bans.
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