Organized pressure groups, not individual parents, are leading the fight to remove books from shelves, according to a new report from the American Library Association.

Most of the books on the American Library Association's annual list have LGBTQ themes, continuing a yearslong trend.

NEW YORK (AP) — Removing books from library shelves is no longer just ... has long believed the actual number of challenges is far higher than the numbers cited in its annual studies.

Wood, who grew up in the town of Mexico and lives in Portland, spoke Thursday at the Great Falls Forum in Lewiston.

The memoir All Boys Aren't Blue was the most challenged book in U.S. libraries in 2024, according to a new report by the American Library Association.