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Censored: Wielding the Red Pen - http://www.lib.virginia.edu/speccol/exhibits/censored/index.html
This exhibition from the University of Virginia Libraries includes numerous cover images of censored books, plus thoughtful and informative commentary. |
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Freedom to Read.ca - http://www.freedomtoread.ca/
Freedom to Read Week encourages Canadians to think about and reaffirm their commitment to intellectual freedom. |
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ALA: Banned Books Week - http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/bannedbooksweek/bannedbooksweek.htm
Information and resources on this year's Banned Books Week, from the American Library Association. Includes an overview of the topic of banned and burned books, press kits, a list of the most frequently challenged books, and links. |
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kidSPEAK - http://www.kidspeakonline.org/
Formerly Muggles for Harry Potter, kidSPEAK believes that it is wrong to ban books in classrooms and school libraries because some parents object to their content. Restricting the use of books that kids want to read violates their First Amendment rights and helps produce an illiterate society. |
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Censored - http://www.georgesuttle.com/censorship/
Directory of Web and print censorship resources with detailed descriptions of each link. |
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ALA's Top 100 Banned or Challenged Books of 1990-2000 - http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/bannedbooksweek/bbwlinks/100mostfrequently.htm
A list of the most frequently challenged books of the 1990s, based on the challenges reported to ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom. |
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Shameful Book Banning in Rockford, Illinois - http://users.rcn.com/kyp/rockbann.html
Describes a case where a school board voted to ban a book about youth gang culture, to the dismay of many in the community. |
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Censorship Pages - http://www.booksatoz.com/censorship/index.htm
Anti-censorship site with a look at banned books. |
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Banning Books from the Classroom: How To Handle Cries for Censorship - http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr031.shtml
This informative article from education World is mainly aimed at teachers, but it is useful for anyone concerned with book banning and censorship in schools. Challenges to school materials are a common occurrence. How should such challenges be handled? How can they be avoided? |
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Look Out, Harry Potter: Book Banning Heats Up - http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/admin/admin157.shtml
This article from Education World explores the issue of book banning with a special focus on the Rowling's Harry Potter books, and includes a set of resources for establishing procedures in school systems to handle challenges to popular books. |