; (2) The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood; (3) Anne Frank’s Diary: The Graphic Adaptation adapted by Ari Folman; (4) Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neal Hurston; and (5) To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee; Whereas books, particularly those written by and about outsiders, newcomers, and individuals from marginalized backgrounds, are facing a heightened risk of being banned; Whereas, according to PEN America, 36 percent of instances of books banned or otherwise restricted in the United States from July 2021 to June 2023 have LGBTQ+ characters or themes that recognize the equal humanity and dignity of all individuals despite differences, including— (1) And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell; and (2) This Book Is Gay by Juno Dawson; Whereas 37 percent of instances of books, both fiction and nonfiction, that have been banned or otherwise restricted in the United States from July 2021 to June 2023 are books about race, racism, or feature characters of color, including— (1) The Story of Ruby Bridges by Robert Coles and illustrated by George Ford; (2) Letter from Birmingham Jail by Martin Luther King, Jr.; (3) Thank You, Jackie Robinson by Barbara Cohen; (4) Malala: A Hero For All by Shana Corey; (5) Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story by Kevin Noble Maillard; (6) Hair Love by Matthew A. Cherry; (7) Good Trouble: Lessons From the Civil Rights Playbook by Christopher Noxon; and (8) We Are All Born Free: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Pictures ; Whereas the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund has reported a dramatic surge in challenges at libraries and schools to the inclusion of graphic novels that depict the diversity of civic life in the United States and the painful and complex history of the human experience, including— (1) New Kid by Jerry Craft; (2) Drama by Raina Telgemeier; (3) American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang; and (4) Maus by Art Spiegelman