Okay, you guys probably figured out that I'm excited about two things this month. Numero uno is Katie's (OMGNOWAY) visit to the TMI set this week!!! Okay, I had to get that out of the way. Because...well, in our mundie world it just doesn't get any better than that.
But my number two reason to be excited is because September signals #bannedbooksweek (yes, that's the official hashtag for all of us on twitter). This year, Banned Books Week will be celebrating their 30th anniversary during the week of September 30th - October 6th. And if you're anything like me, you'll take your kids to your local library to peruse their Banned Books Week displays.
Take a glance at the Ten Most Challenged Books of 2011 according to ALA. They include the ttyl; ttfn; l8r, g8r (series) by Lauren Myracle, The Hunger Games (trilogy) by Suzanne Collins, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie, Gossip Girl (series) by Cecily Von Ziegesar and To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee.
I've already picked up ttyl because my daughter adores Lauren's middle grade series, Love Ya Bunches. I figure one day soon, she'll want to read her YA series so I'm going to see what the objections are about. In our house, no book is banned but we do have discussions about subject matter, plot and character's choices.
I don't want to leave you picturing meal times at our house, instead take a look at the powerful video that Bookmans (locations in Tucson, Mesa, Phoenix and Flagstaff) put together. It's a little over two minutes and well worth your time:
You can follow all the Virtual Read Out videos on BBW's YouTube channel.
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ReplyDeleteDan -- I happen to agree with this definition of "banned" (from the article you linked: "To call a book 'banned' because someone decided that it was unsuitable for their particular students or clientele would be to make at least 99 percent of all books 'banned.'" ) And simply because if the book is off the shelves at a school or public library means that my children and I cannot check it out. But thanks for posting an opposing point-of-view.
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