What is BANNED Books Week?

How many of you have read the Hunger Games Series? Or?

These along with many other are considered banned books. A banned book is a book that has been targeted to be removed or restricted from classrooms and libraries.

This week celebrates the freedom to read. it highlights the value of free and open access to information. Banned Books Week draws national attention to the harms of censorship. Banned Books Week

This week celebrates the freedom to read. it highlights the value of free and open access to information. Banned Books Week draws national attention to the harms of censorship. Banned Books Week

Books are usually challenged with the best intentions—to protect others from difficult ideas and information. This is none the less harmful. Banned Books Week

“Librarians and governing bodies should maintain that parents—and only parents— have the right and the responsibility to restrict the access of their children—and only their children—to library resources.”

Throughout history, people and groups have attempted—and continue to attempt— to suppress anything that conflicts with or anyone who disagrees with their own beliefs. Banned Books Week

We must remember, we don't have to agree with what we read, but we should learn from it.“ Banned Books Week

The HUNGER Games’ President Snow Would be COMPELED TO BAN BOOKS. By BANNING HE CONTROLS INFROMATION AND REMAINS POWERFUL. Banned Books Week

So this week we must be like the mockingjay and fight against those who wish to oppress us.

Banned Books Week STAND WITH THE MOCKINGJAY AND STAND WITH BANNED.

Banned Books Week Visit Your Library today and exercise your freedom to read!