A new year, an old dream
On old dream, you may ask, what does that have to do with the start of the new school year? Well, let me tell you.
Each fall as school is starting here at TVCC for the new year, the Library gets very excited because, the first week of the term nearly always coincides with national Banned Books Week. And this is something that we like very much to celebrate. Celebrate banned books? Yes!! Not the banning of them, no. We celebrate that we have the freedom to read and learn about whatever we choose, a freedom embedded in teh First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. This may seem odd to some of you, that it is a freedom which needs to be acknowledged. Yet, every year in the U.S. and across the world, books are challenged and banned.
A challenge is when someone asks for the book to be removed from the shelves of a library and therefore access to the book forbidden to all who may want to read it. Does this still happen? Why yes, it does. During the 2012-13 school year, here are some of the books that were challenged or banned in the United States.
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell
Nickel and Dimed: on (not) getting by in America by Barbara Ehrenreich
Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
Looking for Alaska by John Green
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Different Seasons by Stephen King
500 Years of Chicano History in Pictures by Elizabeth Martinez
Beloved by Toni Morrison
A Child Called It by Dave Pelzer
Fight Club by Chuck Palaniuk
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Waterland by Graham Swift
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
...and many more.
All of this titles you will find on our Library shelves. We are very committed to ensuring your access to whatever materials you would like to read or learn about. We also feel it is very important that you have quality points of view from many sides on topics that you will learn about. This, for us, is what Banned Books Week is all about.
And now for the fun part....this week, beginning today, we will be giving out daily prizes as well as a fabulous grand prize. You can enter by filling out an entry in the library, commenting here, or on our Facebook page. We want to know what your favorite banned book is and why you like it. That's all. Leave us a comment here and you'll be entered. Not sure if you have a favorite? Check out this list of banned titles.
Banned Classics
Most Frequently banned or challenged titles
Most recently banned
Come see us and browse our Banned displays.
Each fall as school is starting here at TVCC for the new year, the Library gets very excited because, the first week of the term nearly always coincides with national Banned Books Week. And this is something that we like very much to celebrate. Celebrate banned books? Yes!! Not the banning of them, no. We celebrate that we have the freedom to read and learn about whatever we choose, a freedom embedded in teh First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. This may seem odd to some of you, that it is a freedom which needs to be acknowledged. Yet, every year in the U.S. and across the world, books are challenged and banned. A challenge is when someone asks for the book to be removed from the shelves of a library and therefore access to the book forbidden to all who may want to read it. Does this still happen? Why yes, it does. During the 2012-13 school year, here are some of the books that were challenged or banned in the United States.
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyThe Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell
Nickel and Dimed: on (not) getting by in America by Barbara Ehrenreich
Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
Looking for Alaska by John Green
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Different Seasons by Stephen King
500 Years of Chicano History in Pictures by Elizabeth Martinez
Beloved by Toni Morrison
A Child Called It by Dave Pelzer
Fight Club by Chuck Palaniuk
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Waterland by Graham Swift
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
...and many more.
All of this titles you will find on our Library shelves. We are very committed to ensuring your access to whatever materials you would like to read or learn about. We also feel it is very important that you have quality points of view from many sides on topics that you will learn about. This, for us, is what Banned Books Week is all about.
And now for the fun part....this week, beginning today, we will be giving out daily prizes as well as a fabulous grand prize. You can enter by filling out an entry in the library, commenting here, or on our Facebook page. We want to know what your favorite banned book is and why you like it. That's all. Leave us a comment here and you'll be entered. Not sure if you have a favorite? Check out this list of banned titles.
Banned Classics
Most Frequently banned or challenged titles
Most recently banned
Come see us and browse our Banned displays.
Comments
Michell Schneider
Heather
My favorite banned book is Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. Who would want to ban a book that is so similar to life? Two people who are born natural enemies coming together as one. You can see this happen in Social classes. ( high class- low class)