Did you know that this year, Banned Books Week is September 24 to October 1?
Are you now wondering what Banned Books Week is? To put it very briefly, it is a week where we celebrate the right to read the books we'd like to.
"Free Your Mind: Read A Banned Book", is this year's Banned Books Week tagline from the ALA, (American Library Association). When we read a book that has been banned, we are excercising our First Amendment Right, which includes the freedom to read.
The efforts of librarians, teachers, authors and booksellers have stopped the majority of books on the banned books list from being completely banned.
Why would people want to ban books? ALA notes that most books are banned due to situations having to do with sex, profanity and racism or unpopular ideas.
Who tries to ban books? Book banners are any individuals seeking to remove certain books from schools or libraries who are trying to block others from ideas that they feel are offensive to them or may be different from their own.
Are your surpised that Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling, Twilight by Stephenie Meyer, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Bone by Jeff Smith, The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl are just several in a long list of books that have been challenged in some states and banned in some states and countries?
What do you think about book banning?
When you post a comment, please use your first name and last initial, your ELA teacher's name and your block. Remember that your blog comments will receive a grade.
Are you now wondering what Banned Books Week is? To put it very briefly, it is a week where we celebrate the right to read the books we'd like to.
"Free Your Mind: Read A Banned Book", is this year's Banned Books Week tagline from the ALA, (American Library Association). When we read a book that has been banned, we are excercising our First Amendment Right, which includes the freedom to read.
The efforts of librarians, teachers, authors and booksellers have stopped the majority of books on the banned books list from being completely banned.
Why would people want to ban books? ALA notes that most books are banned due to situations having to do with sex, profanity and racism or unpopular ideas.
Who tries to ban books? Book banners are any individuals seeking to remove certain books from schools or libraries who are trying to block others from ideas that they feel are offensive to them or may be different from their own.
Are your surpised that Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling, Twilight by Stephenie Meyer, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Bone by Jeff Smith, The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl are just several in a long list of books that have been challenged in some states and banned in some states and countries?
What do you think about book banning?
When you post a comment, please use your first name and last initial, your ELA teacher's name and your block. Remember that your blog comments will receive a grade.
