During the last five years, school and public library book bans have been on the rise. But prison censorship continues to ...

American adults read a book of any kind in 2022. Yet it’s important to point out that while visits to libraries have not yet rebounded to pre-pandemic levels, they are growing, in part because their ...

"Harriet the Spy" and "The Devil's Arithmetic" were among the latest 258 books banned from Escambia Schools. Most had not been challenged locally.

Authors tell PW they are booking fewer school visits this year as school districts across the country face budget cuts and a ...

In his ninth book, "The American Way of Killing," the bestselling author argues that America's approach to gun violence is ...

In downtown Campbell, Recycle Bookstore customer John Kraft finds a deeper level of contemplation via the shelves of this and ...

School book ban trends come and go, but there are always groups of people who want to keep their children from having access to reading material that might expose them to new ideas or, worse, ask ...

Mobile phones will be banned in Pennsylvania classrooms beginning in the 2027-28 school year under legislation signed into ...

That's the challenge at the heart of Jonathan Haidt's work. The NYU Stern social psychologist and bestselling author of The Anxious Generation argues that children need both stronger protections ...

A federal appeals court ruling may force school board members to defend book removals under oath. Should they?

Although parents haven’t submitted objections to library books for the past two years, the district is acting after an ...

Many of Connecticut's urban school districts have fewer librarians today than they did five years ago.