Yes. I am sure that you have read a banned book (I promise I won't tell anyone). The library staff is hosting Banned Books Week at Holton to raise awareness of the important access to books and support the right to read freely.
Not all challenges are so laughable, but it is important that as developing thinkers we have access to information that confirms our opinions and challenges them.
The faculty and staff are participating to publicize this message to the students by taking a picture with their favorite banned book behind a mugshot background. Each picture has been posted around the school, so that students can see which of their favorite books would be banned in other states and countries.
Check out some of the fun photos below and here are some examples of banned books:
The Lord of the Rings was banned for being satanic.
Charlotte’s Web was challenged because of "blasphemous and unnatural" talking animals.
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank was censored…
because it was too depressing.
Hop on Pop by Dr. Seuss was asked to be reconsidered
in Toronto in 2014 (not kidding). The complaint stated that the book promoted
violence against fathers and demanded that "library officials publicly apologize and pay damages to any fathers injured by being jumped on by children."
Not all challenges are so laughable, but it is important that as developing thinkers we have access to information that confirms our opinions and challenges them.
