"Banned Wagon" Fights Book Censorship

The Banned Wagon hit the road during Banned Books Week, October 5-11, for its third annual tour to celebrate the freedom to read and express ideas, highlight the value of free and open access to information, and confront the harms of censorship.

Penguin Random House in partnership with EveryLibrary and First Book, supported the Banned Wagon, which visited libraries and bookstores across Washington D.C. and Philadelphia, PA--two cities central to American democracy--to take action, save our stories, and preserve First Amendment rights.

At each stop, the Banned Wagon showcased a selection of 30 books from picture books to novels that are currently being banned and challenged across the country and then distributed free copies to event attendees.

Attendees were able to take further action by sending a note to local representatives through Penguin Random Houses partnership with EveryLibrary.

It's not too late to get free copies of banned books! You can enter for a chance to win a stack of 30 banned books, now thorugh December 31, 2025, by completing and submitting the entry form as instructed at https://sites.prh.com/banned-books-2025 No purchase necessary.

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Featured books on the Banned Wagon for 2025 are:

• I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
• The Handmaids Tale by Margaret Atwood
• Giovannis Room by James Baldwin
• This Is Your Time by Ruby Bridges
• My Two Border Towns by David Bowles, illustrated by Erika Meza
• Hair Love by Matthew A. Cherry, illustrated by Vashti Harrison
• The Name Jar by Yangsook Choi
• The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
• Colonization and the Wampanoag Storyby Linda Coombs
• The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
• Change Sings by Amanda Gorman, illustrated by Loren Long
• The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
• The 1619 Project by Nikole Hannah-Jones and edited by Caitlin Roper, Ilene Silverman, and Jake Silverstein
• I Am Jazz by Jessica Herthel and Jazz Jennings, illustrated by Shelagh McNicholas
• The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
• How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
• Families, Families, Families! by Suzanne Lang and Max Lang
• Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
• Beloved by Toni Morrison
• The Rainbow Parade by Emily Neilson
• 1984 by George Orwell
• Born Ready by Jodie Patterson, illustrated by Charnelle Pinkney Barlow
• All Are Welcome by Alexandra Penfold, illustrated by Suzanne Kaufman
• I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Snchez
• The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
• Born Behind Bars by Padma Venkatraman
• On Earth Were Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
• Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
• Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
• The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead