Banned Books Week is October 4-10, 2026!
Little Free Library condemns book banning and proudly defends the freedom to read. Join us in celebrating access to all books during Banned Books Week, October 4-10, 2026.
Banned Books Week is one of our favorite times of the year because it allows us to show our support for books that have been banned or challenged. For Banned Books Week 2025, we were excited to partner with the Banned Books Week Coalition, the American Library Association, Authors Against Book Bans, Simon & Schuster, and Candlewick Press to raise awareness and ensure that banned books remain within everyone’s reach.
How You Can Take Action
- Share a banned book — or a book you hope is never banned — in a Little Free Library, snap a photo, and post it on social media with #bannedbooksweek. Don’t forget to tag Little Free Library! Choose a book to share from our Bookshop.org Banned and Challenged Books list. Use our Book Ban Map to see which areas are affected most by book bans and the locations of Little Free Library book-sharing boxes in those areas.
- Download the LFL mobile app. If you are a steward who shares banned books, turn on the Banned Books tag for your library. If you are a patron, filter your search by the Banned Books tag to find book-sharing boxes near you that champion this issue.
- Show your support for Banned Books Week with the social media graphics in the toolkit below! Want to show your support all year long? You can proudly display our “This Little Free Library Shares Banned Books” sign, window cling, downloadable library window sign, or “I share banned books” graphic.
- Take action to help defend books from censorship and to stand up for library staff, educators, writers, publishers, booksellers, and readers!
- Donate to Little Free Library to help make all books — including banned books — accessible to everyone!
Steward Toolkit
We’re creating assets for Little Free Library stewards and friends to share during Banned Books Week! Below you’ll be able to download door signs for your book-sharing box, social media graphics, and caption examples.
Door Signs
Coming soon!
Graphics and Sample Captions
Captions
We’ve crafted some sample social media captions for you to use in your post. Be sure to use #bannedbooksweek and tag Little Free Library in any of your posts! We’re on Facebook, Instagram, Threads, Bluesky, TikTok, and LinkedIn.
Social Media Graphics
Coming soon!