It's that time of year- all the cool librarians strap on our superhero capes and dust off our soap boxes to scream about banned books! We may only officially recognize Banned Books Week the last week of September, but let's talk about, read, and celebrate banned and challenged books every single day.Questions/comments/concerns/recommendations? Email us at ragingromantics@nopl.org.Books we mention:Gender Queer by Maia KobabeAll Boys Aren't Blue by George M JohnsonThe Bluest Eye by Toni MorrisonCaptain Underpants by Dav PilkeyAnd Tango Makes Three by Justin RichardsonA Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo by Jill TwissPrince and Knight by Daniel HaackThe Hill We Climb by Amanda GormanSources:"American Library Association reports record number of demands to censor library books and materials in 2022,” American Library Association, March 22, 2023. https://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2023/03/record-book-bans-2022"Book Ban Data", American Library Association, March 20, 2023. https://www.ala.org/bbooks/book-ban-data"American Library Association reports record number of unique book titles challenged in 2023", American Library Association, March 14, 2024. https://www.ala.org/news/2024/03/american-library-association-reports-record-number-unique-book-titles“Let Freedom Read,” Daniel Boone Regional Library, September 25, 2003. https://www.dbrl.org/adults/let-freedom-read“An Author’s Apology” in “Mrs. Warren’s Confession,” George Bernard Shaw, 1902, https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1097/1097-h/1097-h.htm“About” Banned Books Week Coordinator, ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom, 2024. https://bannedbooksweek.org/about/Five Laws of Library Science, S. R. Ranganathan, 1931.