Preface CONTEXT Chapter One Banned Books as Forbidden Passages to Critical Literacy: Muslim Representation in Picture Books and the Fight for Diverse Narratives Suriati Abas Chapter Two Stolen Mirrors, Tinted Windows, and Broken Sliding Glass Doors: When Book Bans Limit How We See Ourselves and Others Kimberly A. Nava Eggett Chapter Three I Know Why the Caged Bird is Silenced Mychelle Hadley Chapter Four From Grocery Store Shelf to Classroom Discussion: A Journey with The Bluest Eye Through Time and Censorship Amanda B. Deaton Chapter Five Some Bedtime Reading Wakes Us Up: Challenging and Challenged Texts as Portals to Parent-Child Connection Virginia Killian Lund and Calder Killian Lund Chapter Six Queer Shame, Pride, and Joy: How YAL Parasocial Relations are Essential for Queer Sustenance* Christian George Gregory Chapter Seven Two Teacher-Educators'' March Toward Critical Work: Using Historical Graphic Texts to Preserve the Fight for Civil Rights Keisha McIntyre-McCullough and Sarah A. Mathews INTROSPECTION Chapter Eight Possibilities of the Body, Queer Community, and Love in James Baldwin''s Giovanni''s Room Paul William Eaton Chapter Nine Forever Changed by Judy Blume: What Blume''s Books for Young People Taught Me About Fighting for the Right to Read for All Rose Brock Chapter Ten Imaginary Kingdoms and Real-Life Lessons: An Autoethnographic Journey through Bridge to Terabithia Amber Click Chapter Eleven Unraveling Addiction: Finding Clarity in Crank * Silent McCarthy Chapter Twelve Banned but Essential: A Critical Autoethnographic Exploration of Intersectional Narratives in Tricks by Ellen Hopkins* Joseph Castellanos Chapter Thirteen Hood(winked) Carolyn O''Laughlin Chapter Fourteen Scars and Silence: Breaking Generational Trauma Through Autoethnographic Exploration of Pain and Resistance* Malena Baizan Chapter Fifteen Facing Fear: A Teacher''s Journey to Authentic Allyship Alicia Weaver ACTION Chapter Sixteen A Dramatic Exploration of Rural Pre-service Teachers Reading Juliet Takes a Breath Joseph D. Sweet Chapter Seventeen From Fiction to Reality: Literature in Social Movements Impacting Pedagogical Practices Kristian Douglas and Monisha Moore Chapter Eighteen Leveraging Community Funds of Knowledge to Confront Banned Picture Books and Anti-DEI Legislation Gina English Tillis and Anna Falkner Chapter Nineteen The Need for Curriculum Curation: Our Experience Reading "The Scarlet Ibis" and Of Mice and Men During an Era of Book Banning* Kelly P. Vaughan and Jackson J. Vaughan-Lee Chapter Twenty The Chronicle of the Needle in a Haystack: Searching for Magic Books Alexander B. Pratt Chapter Twenty-One Get on the Bus: Being Seen and Forging Community Through a Banned Books Event Matthew Panozzo Chapter Twenty-Two Dangers of a Single Story: Afghanistan and Beyond* Jinan El Sabbagh Conclusion About the Authors Index.