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Today, I kicked off Banned Books Week in my classroom by unveiling a display of frequently banned classics and telling my students about them. True to the nature of teenage rebellion, they all wanted to read every single one of them. Students who I have to constantly remind to take notes during a lesson were furiously scribbling titles and authors in their notebooks. One student asked if I knew what the most banned books this year were and, not wanting to lose momentum — or an opportunity to inspire my students to read — I grabbed my computer and did a quick search. Luckily, the American Library Association keeps track of all of the reports of banned and challenged books. What follows is a list of the top ten banned and challenged books of 2011 (the information for 2012 won’t be in until the year is over) along with the reasons why they were challenged in the first place.
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It's a sad day when people ban books. Books of all sort have helped me keep going on. I have Chronic Depression and find that books have given me an escape. People should read the books and make their own decision. I mean if you start reading a book and don't like it - then stop reading the book. Not everyone is going to like the same books, but we should have the right to make our own decisions.
Banned books? Which century are we living in?
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I read the Hunger Games last year and enjoyed it very much. Find it incredible there still are people out there that think censorship is the way to go. I've read about half the books on the list and it have taught me a lot. Literature can be good, educational, bad, destructive, historic, and all sorts of things. As long as they are around we can discuss them and interpret them. But if they are hidden in some unreachable vault, we can't grow and we can't learn.
If a book is banned in a school you can usually find that book at the local library. Usually the librarians of the country stand against banning. I like the slogan, Celebrate freedom, read a banned book. If you love your children give them a list of banned books and a library card. Teach them to use the library and it will serve them all their lives.
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what happened to freedom of speech? why "protect" kids from what they experience everyday...why hide it in a closet and expect it to go away?....im perplexed....i wasn't aware banning books was still around.....reminds me of book burnings of the earlier decades.....we haven't grown up yet???
I, too, was shocked to find "To kill a mockingbird" on this list. We read it at school, and I think it SHOULD be read in schools, as it teaches anti-racism.
Also, 1984 is a book some people read at school. (well, don't know about the US, but in Germany they do)
I was also surprised about the book where children learn about where babies come from (though I don't know this book, but I grew up with one like these when I was a child). This is education! Of course it should be appropriate for children, but the issue is a very important one and should definitely be taught.
Who banned them? Actually, I think that lack of appropriate, especially age appropriate, sex education is responsible for some of the problems we have - teenage pregnancies, pressure to have sex when one party isn't ready, various attitudes concerning the word 'no' etc. etc. And while the science and some teaching may be done in the classroom and in PHSE classes, appropriate literature may go a long way in answering the questions that young people really have.
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