Banned Books Week
http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/banned/banne…
September 26, 2009
Objective:
Defend intellectual freedom and 1st Amendment rights. Fight censorship, the oppression of ideas, and the banning of books!
Banned Books Week is held during the last week of September each year, and has been since 1982. This event celebrates the freedom of the individual to have and express opinions, regardless of how unpopular or different those opinions are. Banned Books Week promotes and defends intellectual freedom by drawing attention to banned and frequently challenged books and the ideas contained in them.
Blog about your favorite banned or frequently challenged book, defend your intellectual freedom, and spread the word about the right to read and share information!
9/22/09 My Blog Is Joining this Cause
by: bugsey
I have had enough of all these people getting "offended" by ANYTHING... this is a great cause.Uphold the First Amendment!
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Ruminari
event organizersee more 17 BLOGGERS PARTICIPATING
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Banned Books Week
http://intellectual-magpie.blogspot.com/…
Banned Books Week
http://intellectual-magpie.blogspot.com/2009/10/ba…
Well, one of my favourite weeks of the year comes to an end today: Banned Books Week. The week that spreads awareness about banned and challenged books, censorship, and the first amendment.
A Wrinkle in Time-Madeleine L'Engle
http://states-of-mine.blogspot.com/2009/…
A Wrinkle in Time-Madeleine L'Engle
http://states-of-mine.blogspot.com/2009/09/wrinkle…
When I posted the badge regarding banned books I wasn't quite sure who I would write about. You see, there are so many. I was shocked and somewhat embarrassed by the fact that I hadn't risen up, given the fact that I had read so many of them and not reali
Support AND TANGO MAKES THREE during B…
http://fantasyya.blogspot.com/2009/09/su…
Support AND TANGO MAKES THREE during Banned B…
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AND TANGO MAKES THREE, the top banned book for children, is about two male penguins at the San Francisco Zoo that take care of an egg--"because it takes two to tango." Learn about this wonderful book and why it shouldn't be banned!
Book Banning: Nazism in the New Millen…
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Book Banning: Nazism in the New Millennium
http://bloggersvoiceathought.today.com/2009/09/27/…
Outrage at the banning of books.
My Summer of '79
http://www.twolia.com/blogs/kitsch-slapp…
My Summer of '79
http://www.twolia.com/blogs/kitsch-slapped/2009/09…
At 15, I was straddling the simple romantic fantasies of girlhood by day -- and the hormons by night -- and The Summer of '42 helped with that.
Now I Can't Read?!
http://dementiafor2.blogspot.com/2009/09…
Now I Can't Read?!
http://dementiafor2.blogspot.com/2009/09/now-i-can…
Personal thoughts on banning books with a top 10 list of banned books with short description of each.
Banned books week
http://hal786.wordpress.com/2009/09/19/b…
Banned books week
http://hal786.wordpress.com/2009/09/19/banned-book…
about the event with some pics.
jades
Jonathan2Rivers
barbarany9
monitamonin
bugsey
kimmielou
annamae
AnitaHavel
jlg365
9/24/09 event
by: jennyjkerr
I'm doing a week long event with a group read of a once banned book, discussions, review of banned book film adaptation and some giveaways of once banned or challenged books.
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