BannedBooks

I've decided it's time for me to build a little free library of banned books

Let me explain something about my carpentry skills: As a young kid, I was required in eighth grade to go through “Shop” class, where we worked with power tools and learned everything there was to know …

Sun Feb 6, 2022

Kansas school district pulls 29 books off library shelves, including major award winners

A Kansas school district is pulling 29 books out of its school libraries based on a single parent complaint, and guess what—the books are overwhelmingly by authors of color and women authors and LGBTQ …

Wed Nov 10, 2021

The most banned book in the United States is written for kids. Can you guess what it is?

Talking about banned books is nothing particularly new here in the United States. Depending on when you came of age and where you lived, you may have experienced a load of real-life discourse around …

Sun Oct 3, 2021