Celebrate the freedom to read with Banned Books Week

Public libraries throughout the United States recognize and cheer for the freedom to read during Banned Books Week, Sept. 24 to Sept. 30, 2017. This year, Springfield Town Library is planning a read aloud event from the old steps of the building on Main Street.

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Celebrate the freedom to read with Banned Books Week September 25, 2017 banned books Celebrate Banned Books Week at your local library or bookstore. Stock photo. SPRINGFIELD, Vt. – Public libraries throughout the United States recognize and cheer for the freedom to read during Banned Books Week, Sept. 24 to Sept. 30, 2017. This year, Springfield Town Library is planning a read aloud event from the old steps of the building on Main Street. Join us – read with us – and celebrate! Banned Books Week, typically held the last week of September, highlights the value of free and open access to information. Banned Books Week brings together the entire book community – librarians, booksellers, publishers, journalists, teachers, and readers of all types – in shared support of the freedom to seek and to express ideas, even those some consider unorthodox or unpopular. Here are the top five challenged books from the American Library Association list from 2016, the most recent compilation. Visit a local library or bookstore to look the books over. In Springfield, join us for a photo with your favorite challenged book! For more challenged books go to www.ala.org/bbooks/frequentlychallengedbooks/top100. Top Five Challenged Books “This One Summer” by Mariko Tamaki for LGBT characters, drug use, profanity, and sexually explicit, mature themes. “Drama” written and illustrated by Raina Telgemeier for LGBT characters, sexually explicit themes, and offensive political viewpoint “George” written by Alex Gino for transgender child and sexuality not appropriate at elementary levels “I Am Jazz” by Jessica Herthel and Jazz Jennings for inaccuracy, homosexuality, sex education, religious viewpoint, and unsuited for age “Two Boys Kissing” by David Levithan for homosexuality and “condones public displays of affection”