ALT First page of a comic. Text reads: How to help your library! A quick guide. A cartoon book with glasses is smiling in the middle of the text.

ALT Comic page 2. Text reads: Libraries are under attack. Both public and school libraries. Number of book challenges 2021-2023. Bar graph showing the numbers: 2021 - 1,858, 2022 - 2,571, 2023 - 4,240. book challenges are at an all-time high, and 47% of challenges are for books featuring bipoc or lgbtq+ stories (OIF, 2023). Office of Intellectual Freedom. (2023, March 20). ALA. https://www.ala.org/ bbooks/book-ban-data

ALT Comic page 3. Text in word bubbles that reads: "These are just the reported numbers. the real numbers are likely much larger, and that doesn’t even include soft censorship!*" Concerned cartoon drawing of a book. *when librarians move or don’t buy books for fear of community outcry. Speech bubbles that says, "Book challenges are happening everywhere!" Above the cartoon book that's standing on a map of the US.

ALT Come page 4. Text in box: "These challenges don’t stop at books. Librarians themselves have been caught in the crossfire." Text in speech bubble spoken by concerned cartoon book: "librarians and directors have been fired for refusing to ban books." Text in black box: "So you might find yourself wondering..." Text in speech bubble spoken by pleading cartoon book: "How can I help?"