Banned Books Week

Banned books week was September 27th through October 2nd. The library had a banned or challenged books display with books from our collection that have been challenged or banned in other schools around the nation. The reasons for banning varies by book; for example, Harry Potter has been challenged because some feel that it promotes sorcery and witchcraft, while The Catcher in the Rye has been banned because of the language in the book. Banned books week seeks to promote the freedom to read without censorship, and we demonstrated that our library does not seek to infringe on that freedom by displaying all of the books in our collection that have been previously challenged in other schools. Please enjoy the picture of the display that was set up for banned books week.