If it felt to you like book banners were in overdrive last year, your instincts weren't wrong: 2023 saw more books challenged (over 4,000 unique titles) than any year since the ALA began tracking censorship efforts. #booksnotbans#freespeechforall#righttoread

"Librarians are often caught in the middle of these campaigns and state legislative attempts to censor library materials. They’ve faced criminalization and harassment and in some cases have been fired after refusing to move or remove books." #freedomtoread#knowledgeispower