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Teachers: Banned Books Week
This week is Banned Books Week. Every year, I am amazed at the books that have been challenged by parents and community members throughout the country. I think it's important that we celebrate our right to read, and this week is a good reminder that our right can be taken away in schools and libraries quite easily.
The ALA puts out a list each year of the top 10 most challenged books and the reasons why they were challenged. Some on the 2010 list really surprised me. The Hunger Games, for example, is on the list. I adore the Hunger Games series and recommend it to all my kids when they are looking for a good read. For some reasons, it won't let me link the website, but if you just go to www.ala.org and go to Issues & Advocacy, you should be able to find it.
Do any of you celebrate Banned Books Week in your classroom? Since I'm a first-year teacher, this will obviously be the first year I'm doing anything with it. I'm going to give a short presentation on banned books. Then, my students will choose a banned or challenged book to research. They will formulate their own opinion on whether the ban/challenge is valid. Ideally, I would have them also read the book, but I didn't come up with the idea in time. Next year 
Anyway, just wanted to pass the info on in case any of you teachers want to celebrate it! Also, I wanted to see if any of you already do and have any ideas?
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