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Banned Books Week

September 26, 2021 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Sunday Reflections: This Banned Books Week Feels Different

Teen Librarian Karen Jensen discusses Banned Books Week and how this year, it feels different

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September 22, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Banned Books Week 2014

If you were to visit the Public Library of Mount Vernon and Knox County (in Ohio) and ask to read their board minutes, you would find my name in there twice. The second time is when I left for a new job and they passed a proclamation in my honor regarding how I had helped […]

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Friday Finds – September 27, 2013

September 27, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS

This Week at TLTIt’s Banned Books Week!  Considering throwing our your materials challenge form? When the censorship comes from inside the building  An anonymous letter to those who would ban Eleanor and Park In Defense of Banned Books The Giver by Lois Lowry – a guest post by Elsa Ouvrard-Prettol   The Harry Potter Series […]

Why The Immortal Rules by Julie Kagawa is an Important Banned Books Week Read

September 26, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS

1984. Fahrenheit 451. Brave New World.  These are all great, classic reads that highlight the dangers of censorship.  Two of them happen to be among my favorite books of all time.  Brave New World is not.  But sometimes, authors can slip in powerful statements against censorship in the most surprising of places.  Exhibit A: The […]

Banned Books Week: When the censorship comes from inside the building

September 25, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS

When our fearless leader Karen asked me to write a post on the experiences I’ve had as a school librarian with book challenges, I was flummoxed. I’ve never had an item challenged. It’s not that I’ve never had a parent concerned about a title in the collection – I’ve had several that I can remember. […]

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Banned Books Week 2013: Defending Harry Potter by Geri Diorio

September 24, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS

It’s Banned Books Week! The most magical week in a librarian’s year! Every day, librarians celebrate the free and open access to information, but during this week, we really flaunt it. “Free and open access” includes being able to read whatever you wish, and that might mean the best-selling book series in history, a series […]

Banned Books Week 2013: Defending The Giver by Lois Lowry (guest post by Elsa Ouvrard-Prettol)

September 23, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS

September 22 – 28 is Banned Books Week, a week which serves to remind us that there are those who would like to ban books.  The books vary, as do the reasons.  But the bottom line should always be this: each person gets to decide for themselves what to read.  Information is power.  Story is […]

Sunday Reflections: A Radical Banned Books Week Thought – Throw Out Your Materials Challenge Form and Truly Embrace the Freedom to Read

September 22, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS

A funny thing happened on Twitter a couple of weeks ago. In preparation for Banned Books Week I came up with what I thought was a great idea: We would put challenged books on trial and I tweeted out asking everyone if there were certain books they wanted to write a defense for as guest […]

Ten Novels that Changed My Life Before I Could Drive by Sean Beaudoin (a guest post)

September 9, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Karen’s Introduction Oh look, here is Karen meeting Sean Beaudoin Later in September, Banned Books Week happens.  Banned Books Week is basically a promotional event to remind us that the freedom to read what we decide to read for ourselves in an important and precious right; a right worthy of being defended.  Just last night […]

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