kma500@sfba.socialFrom PEN America:
"Nearly 12,000 (11,982) books were banned in public schools during the 2025-2026 school year... impacting the creative works of over 4,000 authors, illustrators and translators. Over 4,500 of these were titles not previously recorded in PEN America’s Index of School Book Bans, the most new titles added to the index in a single year, illustrating the continued expansion of the book banning crisis."
"This year, another notable trend has been the role of AI in accelerating book bans."
"A third trend this school year is the pervasive banning of graphic novels, specifically manga titles."