Play Banned Books Bingo and Celebrate Your Freedom to Read!Imagine walking into your public library and not finding such books as To Kill a Mockingbird, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, or the Harry Potter series on the shelves.
These books and many others have been the target of censors who seek to ban these books from library shelves.
Banned Books Week - Celebrating the Freedom to Read is a nationwide initiative that reminds Americans not to take this precious democratic freedom for granted. Since its inception in 1982, BBW has worked to spotlight the issue of censorship in our schools and public libraries.
The American Library Association states that there were 420 known challenges to remove books from school or public libraries in 2007. Challenges are defined as formal or written complaints filed with a school or library requesting that materials be removed because of content or appropriateness. According to the ALA, the reason more books are not banned is because community residents-- along with librarians, teachers and journalists--stand up and speak out for their freedom to read.
BBW is sponsored by the American Booksellers Association, American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression, American Library Association, American Society of Journalists and Authors, Association of American Publishers, National Association of College Stores, and is endorsed by the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress.
In honor of Banned Books Week, the Pittsburg Public Library invites Young Adults in the 7-12 grades to play “Banned Books Bingo” on Monday, September 29th at 6:30 p.m. Young Adults will have the opportunity to play a special version of Bingo that uses titles of banned or challenged books on the Bingo cards. Banned and challenged books such as To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling, The Giver by Lois Lowry, Just Listen by Sarah Dessen, and others will be given out as prizes
For more information regarding Banned Books Week, visit the American Library Association’s website at: http://www.blogger.com/www.ala.org/bbooks or call the Pittsburg Public Library’s Youth Services Department at 231-8110.
Banned Books Week - Celebrating the Freedom to Read is a nationwide initiative that reminds Americans not to take this precious democratic freedom for granted. Since its inception in 1982, BBW has worked to spotlight the issue of censorship in our schools and public libraries.
The American Library Association states that there were 420 known challenges to remove books from school or public libraries in 2007. Challenges are defined as formal or written complaints filed with a school or library requesting that materials be removed because of content or appropriateness. According to the ALA, the reason more books are not banned is because community residents-- along with librarians, teachers and journalists--stand up and speak out for their freedom to read.
BBW is sponsored by the American Booksellers Association, American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression, American Library Association, American Society of Journalists and Authors, Association of American Publishers, National Association of College Stores, and is endorsed by the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress.
In honor of Banned Books Week, the Pittsburg Public Library invites Young Adults in the 7-12 grades to play “Banned Books Bingo” on Monday, September 29th at 6:30 p.m. Young Adults will have the opportunity to play a special version of Bingo that uses titles of banned or challenged books on the Bingo cards. Banned and challenged books such as To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling, The Giver by Lois Lowry, Just Listen by Sarah Dessen, and others will be given out as prizes
For more information regarding Banned Books Week, visit the American Library Association’s website at: http://www.blogger.com/www.ala.org/bbooks or call the Pittsburg Public Library’s Youth Services Department at 231-8110.
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