This week isBanned Books Weekin America and around the world. It is just appalling that such an occasion is still called for in this country, but there it is: the banning of books in American public schools, according to the New York Times, has “skyrocketed,” with over 10,000 individu...
NEW YORK (AP) — Two reports released Monday provide a mixed but compelling outlook on the wave of book removals and challenges as the annual Banned Books Week begins for schools, stores and libraries nationwide. The American Library Association found a substantial drop in 2024 so far in compla...
Banned Books Week, which was first held in 1982, celebrates the freedom to read as schools and libraries throughout Michigan and across the nation face rising challenges about banning books.
Audiobooks take books, banned or not, to a new level. Whether you need your eyes free or you just prefer listening to stories over reading them, audiobooks allow you to be fully immersed in literature and experience the various characters. Not to mention, it can speed up one's rea...
library officials and bookstore owners in time for the Banned Books Week, which features exhibits and readings that celebrate the freedom to read. Theme of the event; Remarks from Judith Krug, director of the American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom....
It's Banned Books Week! So we’re highlighting a few of our favorite banned and challenged books that celebrate humanity.
Take a look at our collection of video lessons for Banned Books Week on works of literature that have been banned in the past and may still be challenged today.
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Banned Books Week draws attention to the issue of censorship and the freedom to choose reading materials. An increasing number of school libraries are participating in Banned Books Week, so I thought it would be great to share some ideas. I found some fantastic Banned Books displays and Banned...
Here are the most banned and challenged books so far in 2023, and a little more about each one, so you can decide for yourself whether or not to read each title. Gender Queer ByMaia Kobabe This cathartic autobiography from author Maia Kobabe – who uses e/em/eir pronouns – follows a...