Read a Banned Book Today

Libraries all over the country are celebrating the freedom to read this week.

From bannedbooksweek.org:

Banned Books Week is the national book community's annual celebration of the freedom to read. Hundreds of libraries and bookstores around the country draw attention to the problem of censorship by mounting displays of challenged books and hosting a variety of events.

Banned Books Week was launched in 1982 in response to a sudden surge in the number of challenges to books in schools, bookstores and libraries. More than 11,300 books have been challenged since 1982.

Here's a list of Banned and Challenged Classics, most of which you can find here at Davis Library:  http://www.ala.org/bbooks/frequentlychallengedbooks/classics

To find out more about why a title was challenged, or to learn more about censorship, Ask Us!