Banned Books Week! *Sept 25th-Oct.1st

Banned books week is Sept. 25th-Oct. 1st. The purpose of banned books week is the celebration of the freedom to read. Each year a different category is chosen to highlight those books related to that topic. This years focus is on "Diversity". Topics of diversity include the following:

Non-White main and/or secondary characters

LGBT main and/or secondary characters

Disabled main and/or secondary characters

Issues about race or racism

LGBT issues

Issues about religion, which encompass in this situation the Holocaust and terrorism

Issues about disability and/or mental illness

Non-Western settings, in which the West is North America and Europe

One of the things the Dick Smith Library is doing this year to celebrate banned books week is by creating an interactive display that we are calling "Blind date with a book". We will have carts of books located on each level that will be wrapped in brown paper, as the example below.

 Students will be able to read a brief description of the book and the reason why it was banned. If they are interested in the book, they will need to check out the book in order to unwrap it to find out the title. The Item number for the book is written on the back.

                                           What would you guess is the title to this book?
                                               Hint: "After all, tomorrow is another day."


"Censorship is the child of fear and the father of ignorance."  -Laurie Halse Anderson



Sources: http://www.diversityinya.com/2014/09/book-challenges-suppress-diversity/