Earlier this week, someone asked me if I would help get the word out about a book they thought should be banned from our public school libraries. “Pornographic,” I believe was the accusation. I didn’t endorse the message, but it did leave me wondering: what makes a book bannable? And what impact do all of these cries for censoring books actually have?

Links to resources:

• American Library Association (ALA)
• ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF)
• Banned Books Lists, 2001-2020

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