Most Frequently Challenged of 2007
The following books were the most frequently challenged in 2007 (taken from the ALA site): The ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom received a total of 420 challenges last year. A challenge is defined...
View ArticleBanned Books Week – Why Should You Care?
The Banned Books Week site at the ALA.org says this: “Intellectual freedom can exist only where two essential conditions are met: first, that all individuals have the right to hold any belief on any...
View ArticleBanned Books – Some Examples
One of my favorite sites regarding banned and challenged books is The Forbidden Library - this site is run by a librarian and is a wonderful resource. Last year I listed some books and their challenges...
View ArticleBanned Books Week – Quotes on Censorship
The dirtiest book of all is the expurgated book. ~Walt Whitman All these people talk so eloquently about getting back to good old-fashioned values. Well, as an old poop I can remember back to when we...
View ArticleBanned Books Week
I’m a day late because of this damned swine flu so please excuse my tardiness! I have celebrated this each year for the last three so I definitely didn’t want to break the tradition and it’s a very...
View ArticleBBW Day three
(I missed Saturday!) Top Ten most challenged books of 2008 1. And Tango Makes Three, by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell Reasons: anti-ethnic, anti-family, homosexuality, religious viewpoint, and...
View ArticleBBW Day Four (and a contest!)
When I was growing up, the library was my refuge, it was my theme park, my day at the beach (though I had those too, LOL). My mom would drop me off at the Norwalk Public Library (and for those of you...
View ArticleBBW Day Five
How about a first amendment film festival? The ALA has a nifty page up with some great movies about censorship: I noted that Fahrenheit 451 was on the list – one of my favorite Bradbury titles (another...
View ArticleDay Four Winners!
The winner of The Handmaid’s Tale is comment #5: Pam K! The winner of Ann Aguirre’s Doubleblind is comment #11: Samantha Ladies, email hidden; JavaScript is requiredand I’ll get the books your way!
View ArticleBBW Day Six- the Classics!
The anatomy of a challenge fascinates me. I’ve heard the pro censorship lobby wailing about THE CHILLLLDRRRREN! As if none of us has them or cares about them more than a bunch of nosy people way too...
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