Anastasia of “Read & Survive” shares an infographic about banned books with us. I couldn’t resist forwarding it to my followers with a smile. Thank you, Anastasia!
September 26−October 2, 2016
Banned Books Week is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read. Typically held during the last week of September, it highlights the value of free and open access to information. Banned Books Week brings together the entire book community –librarians, booksellers, publishers, journalists, teachers, and readers of all types – in shared support of the freedom to seek and to express ideas, even those some consider unorthodox or unpopular.
Moreover, one of my favorite trilogies, His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman was almost banned once. The Catholic League campaigned against The Golden Compass / Northern Lights, declaring that it promoted atheism and attacked Christianity…Well, that it did I guess.
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Green eggs and ham??? Seriously guys, that was pretty bad. But even Charlotte’s Web and Where the wild things are? Some of the people behind these bannings had way too much time on their hands.
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I agree. Some weird things going on in their brains. I had to laugh loudly at a few discoveries on that list.
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I want to re-blog to my followers but there was no button – so shared to my facebook page instead.
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Dear Lucinda,
Thanks for your wish to re-blog. Since my post here already is a re-blog, you cannot do it from my account. Click the link on “view original post” on the bottom. It takes you to the respective blog page and from there you can re-blog this post.
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