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"It's not just the books under fire now that worry me. It is the books that will never be written. The books that will never be read. And all due to the fear of censorship. As always, young readers will be the real losers." -- Judy Blume |
News
Challenged books drop to all-time low The number of books threatened with removal from library shelves dropped last year to its lowest total on record, with 405 challenges reported to the American Library Association. (ABC News, August 29, 2006)
Links
Banned Books Week Comprehensive information on this important week from the American Library Association. Includes posters, press kit, 1005 list of most challenged books, FAQs, frequently visited pages.
Banned Books Online This is a special exhibit of books that have been the objects of censorship or censorship attempts. The books featured here range fromUlysses to Little Red Riding Hood.
Google Book Search: Explore Banned Books Explore 42 of the banned or challenged books that appear on the Radcliffe Publishing Course Top 100 Novels of the 20th Century. Interested readers can search or see basic information about these books and can then check for them in their local library or buy them online.
National Coalition on Censorship: Books For nearly as long as the written word has existed, it has been a target for censorship.
Banned Books and Censorship: Information and Resources Most would-be book banners act with what they consider to be the highest motives -- protecting themselves, their families and communities from perceived injustices... The result, however, is always and ever the denial of another's right to read.