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Banned Books Week: But you can go to the movie

We are frequently surprised at some of the books that are subject to challenge in libraries and schools, such as Huckleberry Finn or Harry Potter. Yet banned books are frequently a source of highly acclaimed films.

In connection with Banned Books Week, there’s a list circulating of 15 of “the most iconic, popular, and/or celebrated […]

Tim September 28th, 2010 | Tags: , , , | Category: A Reading Life | One comment - (Comments are closed) | |

Banned Books Week: Should some books be banned?

Although not written in connection with our Banned Books Week, the books columnists for The Independent raised an interesting question earlier this month in connection with something London libraries were doing: are there some books that public libraries shouldn’t carry?

Boyd Tonkin came up with a list of 10 books that could conceivably raise that […]

Tim September 27th, 2010 | Tags: , , , | Category: A Reading Life | Comments are closed | |

A decade’s worth of banned books

In the midst of National Library Week, the American Library Association has released both its list of the 10 most frequently challenged books of 2009 and the top 100 banned/challenged books of 2000-2009.

Just as with the bestseller lists, J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series is number one on all-decade all-star team, so to speak. […]

Tim April 14th, 2010 | Tags: , | Category: A Reading Life | 2 comments - (Comments are closed) | |

Throwing the dictionary out of school

Too often supposed moral outrage deprives both individuals and government bodies of common sense. The latest case in point? First, a California school district removed a dictionary from all all school shelves after a parent complained about a student finding a definition of “oral sex” in it. Now, the Menifee Union School District is forming […]

Tim January 26th, 2010 | Tags: , , | Category: A Reading Life, Culture | Comments are closed | |

Banned books debate goes local

Start the debate.

The Sioux Falls School District has removed a graphic novel from student access at two middle school libraries. The book, Stuck in the Middle: 17 Comics from an Unpleasant Age, now is available only for school staff to check out and use in class. Although I blog frequently about banned books, I […]

Tim November 11th, 2009 | Tags: , , , | Category: A Reading Life, State and local matters | 2 comments - (Comments are closed) | |
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