BANNED BOOKS WEEK
 

What You Can Do
 

Fight Censorship in Your Community
Report a book challenge:
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Contact The American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression (ABFFE).
    * Contact The American Library Association (ALA).
    * Use the Book Censorship Toolkit, which includes tips for responding to challenges, from the National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC).
 

Read About Book Banning
Read about recent book challenges:
    * The Kids' Right to Read Project (KRRP), a collaboration of ABFFE and the NCAC, responds to book challenges and bans in schools and libraries.
                    * KRRP has confronted challenges to over 250 titles in 28 states
    * The American Library Association provides lists of the most frequently challenged books.
    * ABFFE's Banned Books Week Handbook contains lists of frequently challenged titles.

Visit Web sites of pro-censorship groups
    * PABBIS: Parents Against Bad Books in Schools
    * ClassKS: Citizens for Literary Standards in Schools
    * Citizens for Academic Responsibility

Additional Resources
   
* The American Library Association Office for Intellectual Freedom, Banned Books Week Resources.
    * The American Library Association Office for Intellectual Freedom, Library Bill of Rights.
    * The National Coalition Against Censorship, "The First Amendment in Schools: Resource Guide"
    * The National Council of Teachers of English, "The Student's Right to Read."
    * PEN American Center, Freedom to Write.


Wear a Free Speech Button or T-Shirt
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Purchase Freadom products from ABFFE
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Purchase Banned Books Week products from the American Library Association.
 

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