Brooklyn Public Library in NYC actually has an anti-censorship program called"Books Unbanned"where they will get a challenged book to you if you're having a hard time finding it locally for censorship reasons. But there's one book that I'd like to see banned, for personal reasons... SCAR...
Brooklyn Public Library in NYC actually has an anti-censorship program called"Books Unbanned"where they will get a challenged book to you if you're having a hard time finding it locally for censorship reasons. But there's one book that I'd like to see banned, for personal reasons... SCAR...
Areopagitica (1644) John Milton Essay Banned in the Kingdom of England for political reasons.[11] Auf der Universität (1863) Theodor Storm Novel Banned for distribution within the South Korean military as one of 23 books banned there beginning on Aug 1, 2008. Bad Samaritans: The Myth of ...
For example, one of the most frequently banned books isTo Kill a Mockingbirdby Harper Lee because of its use of profanity, depictions of rape, and racial slurs. However, the book is also celebrated for its discussions of racial inequality and the need for empathy and understanding. When it ...
Brooklyn Public Library makes banned ebooks available to teens for free27 August 2022 (NPR)An update now on a library that is not removing books from circulation – quite the opposite. Since April, the Brooklyn Public Library has been making e-books and audiobooks available to teens around the...
Reasons for challenge/ban: Find it:Bookshop|Amazon It is rather ironic that a book about the dangers of restricting information would be challenged and banned, yes? 12-year-old Jonas lives in "The Community" where sameness is valued and everyone's life is pre-determined by the elders. Jona...
Book banning is the most widespread form of censorship in the United States, often for political and religious reasons, and it has a troubling history in other places in the world too. During the Shoah, Hitler famously burned books by Jewish writers along with communist, pacifist, or other id...
Celebrate Banned Books Week 2020 from September 27 - October 3 at Harper College Library! Here is a timeline of some of the most famous banned/challenged literature and why they were prohibited. By clicking the “More” button on the event and then cl
Language and storytelling are constant themes. Louis’s father rails against French speakers, while, at the start of the novel, Louis and his boarding school chums make the sharing of so-called ‘banned books’ a condition for admittance into their secret club of Apostles. Even before the Occu...
, the children’s book—about a young girl’s dream of following a rabbit down a hole only to encounter an absurd world in which illogic reigns and various creatures of all shapes, colors, and sizes reside—has been attacked and banned at various times and for several different reasons. ...