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Tomorrow marks the beginning of this year’s Banned Books Week, which runs through October 4. According to the American Library Association, more than 400 books were challenged last year.
In honor of Banned Books Week, here’s the 10 most challenged titles last year and the reasons why. It is plainly an appropriate time to […]
Banned Books Week starts today. You shouldn’t spend it celebrating the banning of books. Celebrate the books that have been banned or the subject of banning efforts. The American Library Association has plenty of good suggestions on how to mark the week (such as putting a badge on your blog like the one at the […]
Kudos to the Sioux Falls School District for the way it is handling a recent request that the book Give a Boy a Gun be removed from a middle school library. The book, published in 2000, tells the story of two high school sophomores who are tired of being bullied, bring an arsenal of weapons […]
Although it’s still two months away, recent news stories reflect the importance of Banned Books Week, scheduled the last week of September. The handbook for the event includes both a list of banned and challenged books and the stories behind some of this year’s efforts.
Here’s some of the books appearing in the latter:
Maya […]
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