Tagged Banned Books
The Importance of Reading Banned Books
While "books usually are challenged with the best intentions," for example, to shield children from "difficult ideas and information," the American Library Association (ALA) notes that censorship itself can…
Freed Between the Lines: It's Banned Books Week!
September 22–28 is Banned Books Week 2024, and this year's theme is "Freed Between the Lines." This important observance began in 1982 in response to a surge in book challenges in libraries,…
Check Out A Banned Book From Our Little Free(dom) Libraries
In partnership with Visit Philadelphia and Little Free Library , the Little Free(dom) Library initiative encourages residents and visitors of Philadelphia to pick up a free banned book at one of many locations throughout the…
Let Freedom Read: It's Banned Books Week!
October 1–7 is Banned Books Week , and this year's theme is " Let Freedom Read! " This important observance began in 1982 in response to a surge in book challenges in libraries, schools, and bookstores with the…
Banned Books Week | Close to Home
Welcome to Banned Books Week 2022! From September 18-24, we will be delving into the most challenged titles of the past year. The Office for Intellectual Freedom , a project of the American Library Association, compiles this list…
Banned Books Week | Why We Participate
As we continue to celebrate Library Card Sign-Up Month and reflect all all the wonderful things libaries can be, it's time to celebrate another important library holiday— Banned Books Week ! Beginning yesterday and…
Banned Books Week | A Focus on Nonfiction Reads
Every year around this time, the Free Library and other libraries around the country celebrate reading challenged books during Banned Books Week . Why are there banned books? These could be any book titles suggested by library patrons…
Banned Books Week | Banned Websites Awareness Day
It's that time of year again, where we sound the alarm on censorship in all its forms during Banned Books Week —and today, more specifically, raise awareness of the overly restrictive blocking of legitimate, educational…
It’s Banned Books Week!
Hey, library lovers! Another Banned Books Week is upon us, this year extending from September 27 through October 3, as libraries around the country join forces with the American Library Association (ALA)…
Banned Books Week | LGBTQ+ Tween and Children's Edition
Another year, another Banned Books Week ! Each year the American Library Association’s Office of Intellectual Freedom (OIF) compiles a list of the Most Challenged Books in order to "inform the public about censorship in…
Banned Books Week | Celebrate Your Freedom to Read!
Hey, library lovers! Another Banned Books Week is upon us, this year extending from September 22-28, as libraries around the country join forces with the American Library Association (ALA)’s Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF)…
From Banned to the Big Screen: Banned Book Adaptations
We've spent the past week here on the blog celebrating Banned Books and the f READ om to read whatever you want—banned, challenged, or not. If there's one thing possibly more controversial and/or overblown than the very…
Young Adult (Best!) Banned Books
Banned books—more like the best books , am I right? Some of the most frequently challenged books (at least according to the American Library Association’s list of Frequently Challenged Books ) happen to be Young Adult…
Banned Books Week with the Free Library
This week, as we join the American Library Association (ALA) in recognizing Banned Books Week , we are reminded that the Free Library of Philadelphia—and all public libraries—serves as a beacon of informational freedom in…