U.S. Book Challenges Update: March 2025 Edition

U.S. Book Challenges Update: March 2025 Edition

Texas threatens jail time for school librarians over classic books.
In a Minnesota school district, “The Kite Runner” is pulled — and author Khaled Hosseini is speaking out.
Read the latest I Love Libraries report on book bans and challenges—and the growing movement to fight back.

“Take action

Alarmed by the escalating attempts to censor books? Here are five steps you can take now to protect the freedom to read.

1. Follow news and social media in your community and state to keep apprised of organizations working to censor library or school materials.
2. Show up for library workers at school or library board meetings and speak as a library advocate and community stakeholder who supports a parent’s right to restrict reading materials for their own child but not for all
3. Help provide a safety net for library professionals as they defend intellectual freedom in their communities by giving to the LeRoy C. Merritt Humanitarian Fund.
4. Educate friends, neighbors, and family members about censorship and how it harms communities. Share information from Banned Books Week.
5. Join the Unite Against Book Bans movement and visit our Fight Censorship page to learn what you can do to defend the freedom to read in your community.”