Banned Books Week is September 27 - October 3! This annual, week-long event created by the American Library Association celebrates the freedom to read by spreading awareness of the harms of censorship. People are encouraged to get involved and continue the fight for free expression,...
Read something you're not supposed to during Banned Books Week, September 21-27. Our friends at Downtown Comics have sponsored several free, awesome events for all ages this week to celebrate Banned Books Week. Banned Books Week Bookmarks: All week long (Sept. 21-27) in area T teens are...
It's Banned Books Week, which is a time of year that I truly enjoy. I love running down the list of top 100 Challenged and Banned Books on the ALA website and mentally checking off the books I've read and the ones I've yet to...
It’s almost here, Anglophiles! Season 3 of Downton Abbey begins on Sunday January 6!If you want to enhance your Downton experience or find a fix for those days when the suspense around Matthew and Lady Mary's romance just isn't enough, you might enjoy some...
Happy Banned Books Week!One challenged title that’s near and dear to my heart is Looking for Alaska by John Green. Alaska follows Miles Halter as he starts his junior year at Culver Creek Preparatory School. For the first time Miles has friends, and life after...
A Wrinkle in Time won the Newbery Medal in 1963. It is a book filled with magic, mystery, and adventure, but the very core of it is the simple quest of a girl wanting nothing more than to find her father- a scientist who disappears...
GONE WITH THE WIND…The book that comes to mind during Banned Books Week is Gone with the Wind. I have read it several times and find that I can’t believe someone could possibly write a book this good. However, as with most classics there is...
Banned Books Week: 9/30 through 10/6This week marks the 30th anniversary of Banned Books Week across the country. Libraries, Bookstores, Journalists, and Book Lovers all join together to celebrate the freedom to read whatever you want! Did you know that there have been over 10,000...
