Banned Books Week

                           

By Beth Khalil

An important and popular theme, Beth (LRC Manager from Tyne and Wear, UK) has shared photos of her new display for Banned Books Week.

Here are her comments:

'We are celebrating Banned Books Week next week, which we are very fierce about. We are passionate about being able to choose for ourselves what we like to read and not to be told what we should or shouldn't be allowed to borrow'.

Thank you Beth, I'm sure it will draw the attention of your students! I like the way you have provided details about the reasons for the ban with each book, it's bound to surprise them.

Banned Books Week

By Denise Borck

Many thanks to Denise who has shared more of her wonderful bulletin boards. 

Here are her comments on her 'Banned Books Week' display:

Do visit Denise's Blog for more details: LIFE IN THE LIBRARY

'This week we are celebrating the 30th Anniversary of Banned Books Week. I am really enjoyed the conversations I am having with the kids about banned or challenged books. Why are books banned? What does it mean to challenge a book? Why in the world would “Where’s Waldo” be banned?! Can we still check them out even if they were banned? Did you really burn those books on the bulletin board? Those are just some of the questions our display has caused our students to ask. I also printed out the list of the top 100 banned books from the past two decades for them to look over. When students didn’t know why a book may be on the list, we went to the computer to search for the reason. This developed into some great discussions with kids!'

Do NOT Read these Books!

By Amanda Kiely
Amanda does the displays for the children's section of the Ketchikan Public Library in Ketchikan, Alaska. Alaska - how awesome is that!

This is what she says about her display:
'I have been so inspired by your site! (great to hear this, thanks - Elaine). The banned books display I did got more attention than anything else I've done, probably just because it told the kids NOT to read those books!'

It's a very good display thanks Amanda. I love the way you have told the children not to read the books!