Attorneys for the book’s authors and a student Friday quickly appealed a federal judge’s ruling that rejected a First Amendment challenge to a 2023 decision by the Escambia County School Board to remove the book “And Tango Makes Three” from school libraries.

The nationwide surge in book bannings continues.

A First Amendment fight about access in school libraries to the children’s book “And Tango Makes Three” has expanded to include the Escambia County school system.

In 2022, The American Library Association documented 1,269 requests to remove books from libraries across the United States – the most the organization ever recorded.