ChristyB in TN Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 At my house, we celebrate by reading them. Do you all have any plans? I am always completely gobsmacked by the titles on the list. I have never read Brave New World so I think I will seize the opportunity. My youngest has never read To Kill A Mockingbird! I also plan to speak with a local librarian to find out which books are threatened here. My family got to read The Things They Carried a few years back that way. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dory Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 do you mean books that have been banned in the past? I'm guessing that since Brave New World isn't banned anymore. Where do you find these lists? I would love to see them. It would make for some very interesting reading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tammyw Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 I'd love to see the lists also, especially if there's one by approximate age/grade range :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 At my house, we celebrate by reading them. Do you all have any plans? I am always completely gobsmacked by the titles on the list. I have never read Brave New World so I think I will seize the opportunity. My youngest has never read To Kill A Mockingbird! I also plan to speak with a local librarian to find out which books are threatened here. My family got to read The Things They Carried a few years back that way. :D :ack2: I had to read this my senior year in high school. I did not care for it. I made a list of banned books for the 8/8/8 reading challenge a while back. I only read a couple from the list. I didn't use this list but it has the same books on it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_commonly_challenged_books_in_the_United_States I read James and the Giant Peach, the Harry Potter series, and attempted to read The Handmaid's Tale (hated it...should be banned LOL). Here is another link http://www.ala.org/advocacy/banned/frequentlychallenged/challengedclassics I only read "tame" banned books :lol: Maybe why I hated The Handmaid's Tale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrn Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 Some of those were required reading in advanced english class in high school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tasia Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 I'd never heard of this, so thanks for the heads-up! My boys will love the idea of reading banned books. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tammyw Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 Is there a spot that shows why they are banned? What's wrong with A Wrinkle In Time? There were lots on that list that surprise me. It's So Amazing and It's Not The Stork? They are excellent for health education! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasider Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 Time to pull out my copy of To Kill a Mockingbird - my fall tradition. Atticus always reminds me of my father. I miss him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunnyDays Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 Oh, I liked "The Handmaid's Tale." But I've rarely met a dystopian book I didn't like! :D I'll have to find something to read that week too... I've never read "Brave New World" either so maybe this would be a good opportunity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delirium Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 I love banned books week. I usually reread 1984. Here's a list of why the books are challenged to be banned: http://www.ala.org/advocacy/banned/frequentlychallenged/21stcenturychallenged Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangermom Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 I'm in charge of organizing BBW at work (a community college library). Has anyone got a great theme slogan? Last year we had pins and posters that said "The worst thing about censorship is XXXXXX" (as in, the reason had been censored--it made sense in the picture). This year we're thinking we might do a flamey book-burning kind of decor, so if you have a good slogan for that, I will be grateful forever. We are going to have books wrapped in brown paper scattered all over the library. Each book gets labeled with the title, author, etc. and reason it was challenged or banned. We'll use this year's new art for pins and posters. I love the art this year, way better than the last couple of years! (Except we're not allowed to use the Forbidden one, because my superior thinks it looks like For Biden, which, honestly, it does.) Also! Here is something all homeschoolers can do! The Virtual Read-Out is open to everyone. Film yourself reading a minute or so from a banned book. Tell why you think that book is important. Upload it to the dedicated youtube channel. Ta-da! (Please invent a slogan for me! WTMers are geniuses at that!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacia Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 I love banned books week and the reminder it gives us to appreciate our freedom to read. Will have to peruse a list of recently challenged works and pick something to read! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristyB in TN Posted September 9, 2012 Author Share Posted September 9, 2012 With dh being a Librarian and all...we celebrate with a big ole stack of banned books! Sometimes looking over the list I just shake my head...read most of the"classics" in highschool. Was not offended but gah! SO. INCREDIBLY. DEPRESSING. AND.BORING! Can we please have some fun with our literature. Thats why I love Sherman Alexie's work (banned 2011 and 2010) ...some humor mixed up with all the despair please ;) :iagree: we are loving the lists, though, and enjoying seeing how they change over the years and how many remain on the list! Thanks to the sweet soul who posted the ala link! The fun begins! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristyB in TN Posted September 9, 2012 Author Share Posted September 9, 2012 Thanks for that link. I don't understand the "unsuited to age group" reason. Was The Kite Runner, for example, actually marketed to children or young adults? That is a fantastic question, I don't get it either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinder Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 I don't understand the "unsuited to age group" reason. Was The Kite Runner, for example, actually marketed to children or young adults? Maybe not marketed but I think a lot of high schools use it for English. Ds read it last year for AP English Lit & Comp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsabelC Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 I must have evil taste in books, because I love almost all the 'banned' books I've read. I think the only controversial one I didn't really care for was Satanic Verses. Am I the only person who finds it strange that To Kill a Mockingbird is challenged for the reason of... racism? Did they expect him to write a book with racial inequality as one of its major themes, and not depict any racism? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangermom Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 Hotdrink, you will feel much better if you remember that challenges don't have to make sense. :) Really, it only takes a few people willing to make a fuss to challenge a book. There's a and challenged it on the grounds that it talked badly about our brave firefighters. Also it talked about burning the Bible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delirium Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 Hotdrink, you will feel much better if you remember that challenges don't have to make sense. :) :iagree: It doesn't even have to be good literature either. A certain series I'm not fond of but have read was banned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwik Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 Okay I like handmaids tale but understand, understand but don't agree with banning Harry Potter buy James and the Giant Peach? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsabelC Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 Okay I like handmaids tale but understand, understand but don't agree with banning Harry Potter but James and the Giant Peach? Because it's all about tripping on mysterious magic stuff given to James by a strange man at the bottom of the garden? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristyB in TN Posted September 9, 2012 Author Share Posted September 9, 2012 I love the point about the challenges not having to necessarily make sense. The arrogance of a group or an individual to need to censor for everyone, not simply their child, is stupefying. I can respect someone who doesn't want their child to read a book for one reason or another, but does it really need to come off the shelves? Banned books week is just fantastic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsBanjoClown Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 At my house, we celebrate by reading them. Do you all have any plans? I am always completely gobsmacked by the titles on the list. I have never read Brave New World so I think I will seize the opportunity. My youngest has never read To Kill A Mockingbird! I also plan to speak with a local librarian to find out which books are threatened here. My family got to read The Things They Carried a few years back that way. :D I read Brave New World as required reading in high school, and I hated it. I saw the point that was being made, but I just couldn't get past some of the things in it. One scene in particular I can't to this day forget, and I feel like it honestly took some of my innocence away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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