Banned Books Week is approaching fast, September 23-29th to be exact! If you haven’t heard of Banned Books Week it’s a yearly celebration of your freedom to read. So let’s celebrate by catching up with last year’s Top 10 challenged books of 2017. Click on the titles to check for availability…
To many, the idea of banning or restricting access to books seems crazy; this is 2017, we don’t do that anymore, right? To the surprise of many, it’s still a very common occurrence, with books being challenged or removed from school and public libraries every year for all sorts of…
Did you know that Charlotte’s Web, just ten years ago, was banned from some libraries in Kansas because “talking animals are blasphemous and unnatural”, or that the Diary of Anne Frank was once restricted because it may be “too depressing” for young readers?” Throughout history books have been banned or…
