To illustrate dedicated coverage about censorship in school libraries, Doug Chayka created this striking image for SLJ's February 2022 issue.

Both the cover and the feature well of articles reporting an unprecedented national wave of censorship were honored with 2022 FOLIO Awards.

See:

• Fighting for the Right to Read: Librarians lead the battle for Intellectual Freedom (appears in print and digital editions of SLJ)
• On the Frontline: Stories from the SLJ tipline 
• Anatomy of a Challenge: An examination of a Leander, TX, book ban, which preceded a pattern of challenges nationwide, by Colleen Connolly
• What’s It Like to Be the Target of A Book Banning Effort? School Librarian Martha Hickson Tells Her Story.

Also in this issue:

• Tech Tools and Tricks Librarians Can’t Live Without by Jennifer Snelling
• Great Books: Fantastical Creatures by Jenny Arch
• All about #Booktok by Kelly Jensen
• USBBY’s Outstanding International Books of 2022
• Six Manga About People with Disabilities by Brigid Alverson