Banned Books Week 2010

Banned Books Week: Celebrating the Freedom to Read, is September 25 - October 2, 2010.

"Banned Books Week (BBW) is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read and the importance of the First Amendment. Held during the last week of September, Banned Books Week highlights the benefits of free and open access to information while drawing attention to the harms of censorship by spotlighting actual or attempted bannings of books across the United States." - ALABanned Books Week

The Office For Intellectual Freedom created a video for their YouTube channel that features the Top Ten Banned and Challenged Books of 2009 and reasons for challenges and bans. Included in the top ten list are classics; The Chocolate War, The Color Purple, The Catcher in Rye, and To Kill a Mocking Bird; and children and young adult titles; The Earth, My Butt, And Other Big Round Things, And Tango Makes Three, and Twilight.

For more information: Internet Resources

• ALA Banned Books Week: Celebrating the Freedom to Read
• ALA Frequently Challenged Books
• ALA Banned and Challenged Classics
• OIF Blog
• Huffington Post: 10 Graphic Novels And The Shocking Reasons They Frequently Come Under Fire
• Banned Books Week 2010: Which Books Drew the Most Fire Last Year?
• Banned Books Week: Ten Flashlight Worthy Books People Most Wanted Banned
• Banned Books Week 2010: 15 Iconic Movies Based on Banned Books
• 10 Banned Books You Might Not Expect
• Banned Books Week: Q & A How Books Get Banned

For More Information: AU Library collection

• Robert Cormier: Banned, Challenged and Censored
  PS3553.O653 Z615 2008
• Teaching Banned Books: 12 Guides for Young Readers
  Z1019 .S33 2001
• Places I Never Meant to Be: Original Stories by Censored Writers
  PZ5 .P6635 1999
• Art Speigelman: Conversations
  NC1429.S5687 A35 2007

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