ALA Banned Books Week ReadOut event at EPL

If you are passionate

about the Right to Read and want to celebrate Banned/Challenged books, then join the discussion during a “Banned Books Week ReadOut” at Evanston Public Library on Friday, September 24 from 3 – 6 p.m. ALA’s annual “Banned Books Week” will be observed September 25 – October 2, 2010. (read more)

Authors and public library patrons are invited to read selections from banned and challenged books that have found their way onto ALA’s compiled list of “Most Challenged Books of 2009”. You may register by phone at the Evanston Public Library Reader’s Services desk (847) 448-8621 or online. Tell us what book you’d like to read from aloud. There will be continuous readings from 3 p.m. until 6 p.m. on September 24.

For more title suggestions and information on BBW- visit these ALA pages:
http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/ba…
http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/ba…

join us on Friday, September 24 to “ReadOut”!

You can also complete & return the “Banned Books ReadOut” application below via email. Choose a challenged book title from the ALA compiled list of “Most Challenged Books”

ALA Banned Books ReadOut Application
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Name:

Address:
Telephone number:
Cellphone number:
Email address:
School/Institution affiliation:
Name of the “Banned/Challenged” book(s) you’ll read:

Time slot you prefer: (or you may stay and read all afternoon!)

3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

The ALA’s Top Ten Most Frequently Challenged Books of 2009 reflect a range of themes, and consist of the following titles:

1. ttyl, ttfn, l8r, g8r (series), by Lauren Myracle
Reasons: Nudity, Sexually Explicit, Offensive Language, Unsuited to Age Group, Drugs

2. “And Tango Makes Three” by Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson
Reasons: Homosexuality

3. “The Perks of Being A Wallflower,” by Stephen Chbosky
Reasons: Homosexuality, Sexually Explicit, Anti-Family, Offensive Language, Religious Viewpoint, Unsuited to Age Group, Drugs, Suicide

4. “To Kill A Mockingbird,” by Harper Lee
Reasons: Racism, Offensive Language, Unsuited to Age Group

5. Twilight (series) by Stephenie Meyer
Reasons: Sexually Explicit, Religious Viewpoint, Unsuited to Age Group

6. “Catcher in the Rye,” by J.D. Salinger
Reasons: Sexually Explicit, Offensive Language, Unsuited to Age Group

7. “My Sister’s Keeper,” by Jodi Picoult
Reasons: Sexism, Homosexuality, Sexually Explicit, Offensive Language, Religious Viewpoint, Unsuited to Age Group, Drugs, Suicide, Violence

8. “The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big, Round Things,” by Carolyn Mackler
Reasons: Sexually Explicit, Offensive Language, Unsuited to Age Group

9. “The Color Purple,” Alice Walker
Reasons: Sexually Explicit, Offensive Language, Unsuited to Age Group

10. “The Chocolate War,” by Robert Cormier
Reasons: Nudity, Sexually Explicit, Offensive Language, Unsuited to Age Group