Book bans are a hot-button issue, with controversies erupting in public schools and libraries around the country. But far more restricted reading environments exist all over the United States: prisons ...

A book purge in Escambia County District school libraries was prompted in the fall of 2022 when Northview High School language arts teacher Vicki Baggett challenged over 100 books for inappropriate ...

Welcome to the 2025 PS Reading Challenge, a different kind of book club where we introduce 50 new prompts to inspire your next read. We hope you're just as excited as we are. This year, we decided to ...

Central York Superintendent Peter Aiken, facing tremendous pressure over the school district's recent book bans, vowed that policy committee members would stay in the boardroom Thursday night until a ...

Book challenges, restrictions, and outright bans on materials in K-12 classrooms and school libraries are popping up more and more across the country these days. Though such challenges are a perennial ...

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We had so much fun with last year’s Best Books of the 21st Century list that we’re back with another literary extravaganza. Next week, the Book Review will unveil a five-day challenge that will ...

The National Book Foundation’s Summer Reading Adventure challenge encourages adults to pick up a book and share their literary journey with fellow bookworms Carly Tagen-Dye is the Books editorial ...