Sep 282009
26 September to 3 October 2009 is Banned Books Week, an annual event celebrating the freedom to read and the importance of the First Amendment. The American Library Association’s BBW site is here.
I really like this:
Individuals may restrict what they themselves or their children read, but they must not call on governmental or public agencies to prevent others from reading or seeing that material.
from the Books Challenged in 2008-2009 publication.
Our school media specialist offered this little quiz matching quotes from challenged books.
If you are here on my site I’m reasonably certain that you read. This week, make sure you encourage everyone else to read too. OK?
Let's do Something Cheap and Superficial 
Of course–I LIVE to read!!!
Thanks for posting this. And for being you.
I can’t help it, you know…. ~Tim
A day without reading is like a day without…well…reading..
[ie not worth living]..you could also insert the words breathing, a heartbeat, life, puppies, purpose.
A day without writing is almost as bad.
I remember when “My darling, my hamburger” was banned from our junior high library. I of course immediately read it.
tee shirt slogan? Rebel….Read.
[picture the graphic as a really hot chick reading ....in library glasses and her hair in a bun]
A day without puppies? NNNNnnnnnooooooooooo!!!!!!
~Tim
And, um, where exactly can I get one of those tee shirts?
Hey I sent you the picture of the really hot chick….
You’ll have to buy your own tee shirt there dear.
Thanks! You know, the picture is what I really wanted anyway…. ~Tim
I love reading!!! I gotta have my nose in something. I’m trying to encourage my daughter to read. She reads a chapter from a book and then moves on to another book. I gotta figure out a way to get her to finish a book. “Fifteen” by Beverly Cleary was banned in my school library. I remember getting the book at the public library and reading it. I was in the 4th grade and the book made me feel all giddy <>
Giddiness when reading is a good thing! ~Tim