Ok guys, we are getting a LOT of questions about why we have “BANNED BOOKS” in our library. Well, we don’t. At least they aren’t banned from OUR library. Each year, folks challenge books in school systems and libraries across the country, wanting particular books removed from the reading lists and/or libraries. So what does “ban” mean? What does “challenge” mean? According to the American Library Association’s website:
A challenge is an attempt to remove or restrict
materials, based upon the objections of a person or group. A banning is the
removal of those materials. Challenges do not simply involve a person expressing
a point of view; rather, they are an attempt to remove material from the
curriculum or library, thereby restricting the access of others. As such, they
are a threat to freedom of speech and choice.
As a library, we support your right to READ and we encourage you
to read books. Books make you a better person – there are studies that prove
that! Books teach us about other people and cultures, and they expose us to experiences
that we haven’t had and may never have. Books make us better humans – smarter humans,
too. That’s why we join the entire book community in celebrating Banned Books
Week. It is a week to celebrate the freedom to read and a time for us to talk
about the importance of free and open access to information.
Show support
for Banned Books Week by checking out a book that has been challenged or banned.
Check the lists below for ideas. Fight for your right to read!
Banned or Challenged Classics: http://www.ala.org/bbooks/frequentlychallengedbooks/classics
The top ten most frequently challenged
books of 2014
1) The Absolutely True Diary of a
Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie
2) Persepolis, by Marjane
Satrapi
3) And Tango Makes Three,
Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell
4) The Bluest Eye, by Toni
Morrison
5) It’s Perfectly Normal, by
Robie Harris
6) Saga, by Brian Vaughan and
Fiona Staples
7) The Kite Runner, by Khaled
Hosseini
8) The Perks of Being a Wallflower,
by Stephen Chbosky
9) A Stolen Life, Jaycee
Dugard
10) Drama,
by Raina Telgemeier
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