Lansing Public Library in the south suburbs is offering one banned book to each person that wants one. The library ordered 75 books and half are gone, so they had to order more.
The library is celebrating the freedom to read and spotlights current and historical attempts to censor books in libraries and schools.Public Library in the south suburbs is offering one banned book to each person that wants one. The library ordered 75 books and half are gone, so they had to order more.
For 40 years, the annual event has brought together the entire book community. But more recently, Banned Books Week has caught national attention. Across the country, different groups have pushed to ban access to certain books. The American Library Association tracked 729 challenges to library, school, and university materials and services in 2021, resulting in more than 1,597 individual book challenges or removals."It's about supporting the ALA statement of the Freedom to Read, which our board has approved here, and we support parents' rights to decide what their children will read.
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