Most Challenged Book of 2006…quick, what was it?
One of the Harry Potter books?
No.
Something from the His Dark Materials Trilogy?
No.
Animal Farm? The Anarchist’s Cookbook? The Color Purple? Catch 22?
No. No. No. No.
Posts Tagged ‘Banned Books Week’
Banned Books Week (and tango makes three?)
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Banned Books Week (Grapes of Wrath)
Posted in Book, Books, Freedom of Speech, Grapes of Wrath, Steinbeck, banned books, media, politics, tagged banned books, Banned Books Week, BBW, Book, Books, Dirty Thirties, Dust Bowl, Freedom of Speech, Intellectual Freedom, Librarians, Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath on October 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Monday marked the beginning of the American Library Association’s 27th annual celebration of the freedom to read, more commonly known as Banned Books Week (BBW). As the ALA’s web site on BBW notes, “BBW celebrates the freedom to choose or the freedom to express one’s opinion even if that opinion might be considered unorthodox or [...]



