The American Library Association reported it received 330 reports of book challenges in the fall 2021, and free speech advocacy group, PEN America, reported that since January 2021, 174 education-focused legislative bills that target content in a variety of ways, were introduced in 40 states. According to a recent NPR article, more than 1,500 books have been challenged for removal from libraries in the last year alone. The initiative behind this project is for the NYPL to voice its opposition to recent increases in book challenges and book banning that’s being seen across many school districts. Starting May 1 st, the novels will be offered through NYPL’s Books for Allprogram, which aims to make titles from the public domain open for access to anyone in the US. In addition, inquiring readers don’t need to live in the area or have an NYPL library card. Usually, publishers only allow libraries to lend out e-books to one person at a time, much like regular books, which can often lead to long wait times at public libraries.
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In coordination with several publishers ( Hachette Book Group, Macmillan Publishers, and Scholastic), the library is working to make the titles available for free to the public, with no wait times or limits on downloads. Kendi, Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson, King and the Dragonflies by Kacen Callender, and The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. The books are Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. There is an interesting commonality between all of the titles they are all award-winning highly praised books, however, due to their subject matter, they are also viewed as controversial, as some parents and educators have expressed concerns about their appropriateness for children. For the month of May, the New York Public Library (NYPL) will be releasing four banned books nationwide using SimplyE, which is a free-reader app.
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