Banned Book week starts this week, it is from September 30th through October 6.
Banned Book Week was launched in 1982 in response to many books that were being challenged in schools bookstores and libraries. Since 1982 more than 11,300 book have been challenged.
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We will try to spotlight something different every day , to highlight Banned Book Week.
Today, in an article from the Huffington Post.
The 11 most Surprising Banned Books
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| The Dictionary |
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| by John Steinbeck |
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| by William Steig |
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| by Toni Morrison |
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| by Bill Martin Jr / Eric Carle |
...They banned Brown Bear Brown Bear? And A Wrinkle In Time! O.o I do not see at all why those books needed to be banned. Well, all the kids' books there in general. Very surprising!
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