Book bans and challenges: December 20, 2023

Check out the latest news on book bans and challenges around the US ...

• Some folks try to make lemonade out of the lemons that are book bans, like having a banned-book table at the bookstore, for example; but does this actually help authors? (The New York Times)

• Students in Kentucky successfully fought back against their school district's ban of more than 100 books (The Nation).

• A survey of parental perceptions of libraries found that almost all parents believe in the value of a school library, but that a majority of them are comfortable with restricting what their children can check out and/or being notified of each checkout (Book Riot).