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A list of the most frequently challenged books of the 1990s, based on the challenges reported to ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom.
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Information and resources on this year's Banned Books Week, from the American Library Association. Includes an overview of the topic of banned and burned books, press kits, a list of the most frequently challenged books, and links.
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News and updates on matters of free speech, book banning and related issues for booksellers.
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Autodafe.org provides writings of authors giving their perspectives of the social or political situations, analyses and thoughts on literary creativity, and the examples of censoring currently practiced in the world.
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Special exhibit of books that have been the objects of censorship or censorship attempts.
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Test your knowledge of banned books with this quiz.
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A librarians' finding guide for information on banned books and censorship.
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This informative article from education World is mainly aimed at teachers, but it is useful for anyone concerned with book banning and censorship in schools. Challenges to school materials are a common occurrence. How should such challenges be handled? How can they be avoided?
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Directory of Web and print censorship resources with detailed descriptions of each link.
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This exhibition from the University of Virginia Libraries includes numerous cover images of censored books, plus thoughtful and informative commentary.
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Anti-censorship site with a look at banned books.
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Some mordant, poignant quotes about censorship and book burning from such diverse thinkers as John Milton, Winston Churchill, Heinrich Heine, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Salman Rushdie.
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Current news, features and trend analysis in free expression issues in U.S.
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A think tank on artistic and intellectual freedom that provides empirical research and policy development on tough censorship issues.
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Freedom to Read Week encourages Canadians to think about and reaffirm their commitment to intellectual freedom.
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This article from Education World explores the issue of book banning with a special focus on the Rowling's Harry Potter books, and includes a set of resources for establishing procedures in school systems to handle challenges to popular books.
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A list of the 50 most frequently challenged titles in schools and public libraries between 1990 and 1992, based on Herbert Foerstel's book, Banned in the U.S.A.
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Organization to support kids, parents and teachers who are fighting school officials and others who want to ban classroom "read alouds" of Potter books and other controversial works, remove the books from library shelves, and otherwise restrict their use.
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Information and resources for challenging controversial books in K-12 schools.
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Describes a case where a school board voted to ban a book about youth gang culture, to the dismay of many in the community.
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Archive of case files pertaining to the censorship and suppression of works and ideas from Socrates to Judy Blume.
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A collective of Canadian students fighting censorship.
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Essay by Suzanne Fisher Staples on censorship in American school libraries.
