"Banned Books Week is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read. Typically held during the last week of September, it highlights the value of free and open access to information. Banned Books Week brings together the entire book community –- librarians, booksellers, publishers, journalists, teachers, and readers of all types –- in shared support of the freedom to seek and to express ideas, even those some consider unorthodox or unpopular."
From the American Library Association’s website. Retrieved Sept. 13, 2016.
Each year hundreds of books get banned in public and school libraries across the country for reasons ranging from adultery to violence and everything in between. Which frequently banned or challenged books have you read? Leave a dot for every banned book you've read and help us complete Banned Book Bingo! This interactive bingo card will be on the white board in the main entrance.
Come check out our physical display of books that have been banned across the world, from classics to kids' books.
Check them out...read them...feel like a rebel!
