Thanks for celebrating Banned Books Week!

Thanks for following along for Banned Books Week on our social media channels. We hope you learned some interesting facts about our freedoms and our right to information, and that you have a refreshed commitment to protecting them.

To wrap up Banned Books Week 2017, here's an infographic from the ALA with fast stats about book challenges and removals in the United States.

Words DO have power, as book challengers recognize. Book defenders know it, too, and they use their words to defend access to information and perspectives. Use your words wisely!