Banned Books Week: Treasure Your Freedom to Read
September 29 through October 6, 2007
Americans of all ages will celebrate the freedom to read during Banned Books Week. Libraries and bookstores across the country will honor that freedom with displays, activities, and readings of books that have been banned or challenged at some time in history.
From the American Library Association
...about Banned Books Week
- Banned Books Week: Free People Read Freely®
Banned Books Week Proclamation - Challenged and Banned Books
- Intellectual Freedom for Young People
- Parents, Kids and Banned Books
...the freedom to read and view
...most challenged books
- 100
Most Challenged Books of 1990-2000
Most Challenged Books of 2006 - Most Challenged Books of the 21st Century (2000-2005)
On the Web
- Banned Books Week on MySpace.com
- Watch a video, hear from authors whose books have been banned, and find Banned Books Week events near you.
- Banned Books Week Google Map from ilovelibraries.org
- Click on the map to find out what's going on around the country to celebrate Banned Books Week.
- Google Book Search: Celebrate Your Freedom to Read
- Celebrate Banned Books Week and discover a universe of books with Google! You can browse more than 40 classics books or visit the American Library Association's Google Library of books that were challenged or banned from 2006-2007.
- The Stories Behind Some of This Year's Book Bans and Challenges from the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression
- Find out why many books were banned or challenged in schools and libraries around the country.