Banned Books Week Review

Welcome to Banned Books Week, a celebration of the Freedom to Read!

Banned Books Week is an annual recognition of the thousands of titles that have been challenged or banned throughout the country over the years, and of the importance of books in our culture. A Challenged book is one that someone has requested be removed from a public, school, academic, or special library shelf but wasn't necessarily removed. A Banned book has been removed so that no one has the opportunity to read it at that library no matter who, how old, or for what purpose. Many books are challenged, few are banned.

Missoula Public Library has adopted the Freedom to Read, putting forward that any person has the right to choose what he/she will read. We're not telling you or your family what you should read, just that no one else should make that decision for you.

All week our staff will offer 1-minute video reviews of titles that appear on the banned and challenged list. Plus we have a display of banned and challenged books in the library. So tune in and stop by all week long!