Children's Books: What's Hot Now: Book Banning and Kids' Books

Children's Books: What's Hot Now These articles that had the largest increase in popularity over the last week // via fulltextrssfeed.com

Book Banning and Kids' Books Nov 16th 2011, 10:08 What You Need to Know While Banned Books Week puts the spotlight on censorship and First Amendment rights, challenges, book banning and censoring happen year-round. The following articles will provide you with information on the subject. I have also provided several opportunities for you to share your opinions and to read the opinions of others. Banned Books Week 2011 FAQs Get the facts about Banned Books Week 2011: the dates, sponsors and goals. What is a challenge? How is a challenge related to kids' books, book banning, censorship? Whether you want to help keep a book on the library shelves or fight to have it removed or access to it restricted, you need to know what a challenge is. After you read the article, share your opinion and read the opinions of others at Readers Respond: Would you ever challenge a children's book? Why or why not?. Banning and Censorship of Children's Books: The Who and the Why Find out who is most apt to challenge a book and what the reasons they seek to ban or censor a book in this article. Censorship: Banned and Challenged Children's Books - 2010 Banned Books Report To learn about the current status of challenges, censorship and book banning in the United States, read this article. The Harry Potter Controversy The Harry Potter books were the most challenged of any books during the decade of 2000-2009. Find out about the varying viewpoints about the popular Harry Potter series. Then, share your opinion and read the opinions of others at Readers Respond: What do you think of the Harry Potter series?. They're Burning Books Again Book burning may seem like something that belongs to the distant past, but book burning is still going on, often for religious reasons. Challenged and Censored Authors of Books for Teens Learn about censorship from the viewpoint of authors of books for teen whose books have been banned and/or censored when you read about young adult authors Laurie Halse Anderson, Walter Dean Myers, Ellen Hopkins and Stephanie Meyer (see also Parent's Guide to the Twilight Series). Readers Respond: Should children's books and books for teens be censored? If so, who should do it? The American Library Association defines censorship as "A change in the access status of material, based on the content of the work and made by a governing authority or its representatives. Such changes include exclusion, restriction, removal, or age/grade level changes." Should children's books be censored? If so, by whom? Share your opinions and read the opinions of others.

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