Banned Book Week
September 28 - October 2
About Banned Book Week
Banned Books Week is the national book community's annual celebration of the freedom to read. Banned Books Week was launched in 1982 in response to a sudden surge in the number of challenges to books in schools, bookstores and libraries. More than 11,300 books have been challenged since 1982.
Did You Know?
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl
Banned for being too sad
Harry Potter series
Banned for witchcraft
The Giving Tree
Banned for being sexist
The First Ammendment
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/bill_of_rights_transcript.html
ALA Banned Book Week
Visit the American Library Association's site on Banned Book Week for further information:
Check Out This Video!
Laurie Halse Anderson on Censorship!
“Censoring books that deal with difficult, adolescent issues does not protect anybody. Quite the opposite. It leaves kids in the darkness and makes them vulnerable. Censorship is the child of fear and the father of ignorance. Our children cannot afford to have the truth of the world withheld from them”
http://teachers.madwomanintheforest.com/censorship-book-banning/
100 Banned Books 1900 - 2000
100 Banned Books
Buckhorn High School, Library-Media Center
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