Book Flood Podcast

Spendin’ Time warms the soul. I loved the journey readers are take on in this beautiful book about a boy and his grandfather going on an errand running adventure in town. 💜

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Mark your calendars for January 28–31, 2027 and join us in San Francisco for the CSLA Conference!

Our 2027 theme, “Building Bridges,” celebrates the powerful ways librarians and libraries connect people, ideas, and communities. Just like San Francisco’s iconic bridges span across water to bring people together, school libraries create pathways —linking curiosity with knowledge, students with stories, and communities with opportunity.

Let’s come together to strengthen the connections that inspire learning and transform lives.

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One key finding of 2025's censorship landscape was the identity of intellectual freedom challenges — those who seek to ban or restrict access to library materials and services. Contrary to common narratives suggesting that book challenges originate primarily from concerned parents, data from our Office for Intellectual Freedom shows otherwise.

Approximately 92% of the titles challenged in 2025 were targeted by pressure groups (20.8%) and government decision makers (70.9%). By comparison, only 2.7% of challenges came from individual parents, and 1.4% came from individual library users.

This represents a dramatic shift from previous years. In the past, pressure groups and government officials accounted for roughly 12.9% of book challenges, averaging about 46 titles per year. In 2025 alone, those same actors targeted 7,884 books. That number includes 4,235 unique titles, which means that many titles were targeted multiple times. This duplication reflects a large-scale, coordinated effort.

We dig into the censorship data: https://bit.ly/4cmgFWQ