Thank you to everyone who joined the October 2023 discussion of this book, one of the most challenged book in the United States over the last few years. As a follow up to our discussion, here are some resources related to current book ban attempts. PEN America is currently engaged in litigation related to book bans: Book Bans - PEN America(https://pen.org/issue/book-bans/) The American Library Association offers statistics in bans [attempts are up 20% over the last year with data through 8/31/23]: Book Ban Data | Advocacy, Legislation & Issues (a(https://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/book-ban-data)la.org)(http://ala.org)(https://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/book-ban-data) There have been 8 ban attempts in Colorado challenging 136 different titles. The Brooklyn Public Library has a donation effort to support persons under 18 in getting a virtual library card to access restricted titles: Books Unbanned | Brooklyn Public Library (b(https://www.bklynlibrary.org/books-unbanned)klynlibrary.org)(http://bklynlibrary.org).(https://www.bklynlibrary.org/books-unbanned) They also have a podcast mini series titled "Borrowed and Banned" that "tells the story of America's ideological war with its bookshelves." Top 13 most challenged books of 2022: https://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/frequentlychallengedbooks/top10(https://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/frequentlychallengedbooks/top10) Top 10 books for 21 back to 2001: https://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/frequentlychallengedbooks/top10/archive(https://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/frequentlychallengedbooks/top10/archive) 30 banned books you should probably read right now: https://www.rd.com/list/banned-books/(https://www.rd.com/list/banned-books/) Scholastic list of banned books: https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/teaching-tools/book-lists/popular/the-ultimate-list-of-banned-books.html(https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/teaching-tools/book-lists/popular/the-ultimate-list-of-banned-books.html) My call to action: review these lists of challenged/banned books, look in your home (or the library) and select one or more to read with children you know. If you take on this challenge: complete the reading log and return to me via email [amy.petribeard@gmail.com](mailto:amy.petribeard@gmail.com) and I'm happy to send you some free goodies. Happy reading!

Our July 2023 selection was Get Good With Money by Tiffany Aliche. Her website is www.thebudgetnista.com, her IG handle is @thebudgetnista . Find tools to use with the book here: https://thebudgetnista.com/ggwm-toolkit/ and consider pre-ordering her companion workbook Made Whole coming in Nov 2023. Feel free to drop comments or questions you'd like to discuss below.