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Banned Books Week. Information from the American Library Association www.ala.org. BBW. Banned Books Week (BBW) is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read and the importance of the First Amendment. . Held during the last week in September.
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Banned Books Week Information from the American Library Association www.ala.org
BBW • Banned Books Week (BBW) is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read and the importance of the First Amendment.
Held during the last week in September • BBW highlights the benefits of free and open access to information while drawing attention to the harms of censorship by spotlighting actual or attempted bannings of books across the United States.
Intellectual freedom • The freedom to access information and express ideas, even if the information and ideas might be considered unorthodox or unpopular—provides the foundation for Banned Books Week.
Imagine the dangers… • Imagine how many more books might be challenged—and possibly banned or restricted—if librarians, teachers, and booksellers across the country did not use BBW each year to teach the importance of our First Amendment rights and the power of literature, and to draw attention to the danger that exists when restraints are imposed on the availability of information in a free society.
Banned and Challenged Classics • 1. The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald 2. The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger 3. The Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck 4. To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee 5. The Color Purple, by Alice Walker 6. Ulysses, by James Joyce 7. Beloved, by Toni Morrison 8. The Lord of the Flies, by William Golding 9. 1984, by George Orwell 12. Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck 15. Catch-22, by Joseph Heller 16. Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley 17. Animal Farm, by George Orwell 23. Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora Neale Hurston 24. Invisible Man, by Ralph Ellison 26. Gone with the Wind, by Margaret Mitchell 28. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, by Ken Kesey 29. Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut 30. For Whom the Bell Tolls, by Ernest Hemingway 33. The Call of the Wild, by Jack London 40. The Lord of the Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkien 45. The Jungle, by Upton Sinclair 49. A Clockwork Orange, by Anthony Burgess 50. The Awakening, by Kate Chopin 53. In Cold Blood, by Truman Capote 55. The Satanic Verses, by Salman Rushdie 57. Sophie's Choice, by William Styron 66. Cat's Cradle, by Kurt Vonnegut
Top 10 Banned Books of 2010 • 1) And Tango Makes Three, by Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson; • 2) The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie; • 3) Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley; • 4) Crank, by Ellen Hopkins; • 5) The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins; • 6) Lush, by Natasha Friend; • 7) What My Mother Doesn't Know, by Sonya Sones; • 8) Nickel and Dimed, by Barbara Ehrenreich; • 9) Revolutionary Voices, edited by Amy Sonnie; • 10) Twilight, by Stephenie Meyer
Some interesting facts… • Over the past ten years, American libraries were faced with 4,660 challenges. • 1,536 challenges due to “sexually explicit” material; • 1,231 challenges due to “offensive language”; • 977 challenges due to material deemed “unsuited to age group”; • 553 challenges due to “violence” • 370 challenges due to “homosexuality”; and • Further, 121 materials were challenged because they were “anti-family,” and an additional 304 were challenged because of their “religious viewpoints.”
BBWChallenge • Since the inception of Banned Books Week in 1982, libraries and bookstores throughout the country have staged local read-outs as part of their activities. • This year, for the first time, readers from around the world will be able to participate virtually in Banned Books Week, Sept. 24 – Oct.1. • During this year’s celebration of Banned Books Week, readers will be able to proclaim the virtues of their favorite banned books by posting videos of themselves reading excerpts to a dedicated YouTube channel.
