Would our world be a better place if you were prevented from reading The Diary of Anne Frank? What about To Kill A Mockingbird? Could we function as loyal Americans if we did not have access to George Orwell's 1984? There are people that want to remove these and other books from schools and libraries.
Banned Books Week poster ceated by student artist
Camden Forgia from Arizona State University.
Camden Forgia from Arizona State University.
The American Library Association's Banned Book Week calls attention to books that have been challenged or removed from libraries because a person, a group or an organization found the book to be obscene, salacious or have the ability to generate subversive thoughts.
These are the same books that have educated, inspired and guided generations to greater understanding of ourselves and each other. To get you up to speed here are a few places to visit to help you learn, discuss and help educate others on the importance of protecting books.
ALA has a page on their site that contains information about Banned Book Week where you can download flyers, read the FAQ page and listen to an audio public service announcement. Also, check with your local library, they might have an event that you can attend or participate.
ALA also has a page on book burning, sadly this is happening even in the 21st century. http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/bannedbooksweek/bookburning/bookburning.htm
Google Book Search has a list of the 100 most challenged or banned books. I prefer to see the list as a starting point for essential reading - http://tinyurl.com/zb3of
For those of you who work with kids or in classroom situations Read Write Think has a page of lesson plans, activities and resources to get the little one connected with books. http://www.readwritethink.org/CALENDAR/calendar_day.asp?id=295
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