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ALA Initiatives

  • Action Guide, Suggested Activities
    Ideas for displays, an annotated bibliography of First Amendment resources, clip art,  programming suggestions, classroom discussion ideas, and more to help you plan Banned Books Week activities

  • Banned Books Week: Celebrating the Freedom to Read
    Banned Books Week celebrates the freedom to choose or the freedom to express one’s opinion even if that opinion might be considered unorthodox. Observed since 1982, this annual ALA event reminds Americans not to take this precious democratic freedom for granted.
  • Banned Books Week
    Fact Sheet for Banned Books Week
  • Dia de los ninos
    El día de los niños/El día de los libros (Children's Day/Book Day), known as Día, is a celebration EVERY DAY of children, families, and reading that culminates every year on April 30. The celebration emphasizes the importance of advocating literacy for children of all linguistic and cultural backgrounds.
  • Library Card Sign-up Month 2007
    Library toolkit for Library Card Sign-up Month 2007
  • National Gaming Day @ your library Tool Kit
    On Saturday, November 15, 2008, hundreds of libraries throughout the country will showcase gaming programs and services in support of National Gaming Day @ your library (NGD). Gaming of all types at the library encourages patrons to interact with a diverse group of users, share their expertise with others, and develop new strategies for gaming and learning.
  • YALSA's Teen Read Week
    Learn more about Teen Read Week. Read for the fun of it!
  • YALSA's WrestleMania Reading Challenge
    Details on the 2009 WrestleMania Reading Challenge! Encourage your teens to enter and win an all-expenses-paid trip to WrestleMania XXV and you can win $2,000 for your library.