Boy reading Elie Wiesels Night with a red stamp reading Banned

We read banned books. We want you to read banned books, too.

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Annie’s Foundation is run by six suburban moms who got fed up with well-funded national groups leading local efforts to ban books from our libraries.

We decided to fight back by giving back. Through the power of this grassroots effort, Annie’s Foundation has given away over 11,000 banned and challenged books to Iowans across the state.

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Our Mission

To ensure members of our community have unhindered access to books with characters and subjects that reflect the diversity and complexity of the world around them.