About this resource
- Appropriate grades
- 3–12
- Subjects
- English language arts (reading), social studies (civics and government), thinking skills (information literacy)
- Provider
- American Library Association's Office of Intellectual Freedom
- Fees
- Banned Books Week kits and products are for sale on this website.
Legal
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Each year the American Library Association's Office of Intellectual Freedom (OIF) observes Banned Books Week during the last week of September. Since 1982, this annual event has celebrated the "freedom to choose or the freedom to express one's opinion even if that opinion might be considered unorthodox or unpopular and stresses the importance of ensuring the availability of those unorthodox or unpopular viewpoints to all who wish to read them."
The Banned Books Week website offers students and their parents information and links to websites that explain their First Amendment rights and basic intellectual freedom principles, a list of the 100 most frequently challenged books, and a history of book burning.
Educators and librarians will find information on observing Banned Books Week in their schools and libraries, ordering BBW supplies, and dealing with challenges.
