Banned Books Week
Bethlehem Central Middle School
Library Media Center

Library Media Center Middle School District

The following websites will help you locate information on challenged and banned titles.  You can also find an abundance of information in LMC resources.  See Mrs. Berry or Ms. Leone for assistance.


Banned Book Reports
(ACLU of Texas)  - Annual ACLU reports since 2002.
http://www.aclutx.org/projects/bannedbookspg.php?pid=45

Banning and Censorship of Children’s BooksOverview and links
http://childrensbooks.about.com/cs/censorship/a/censorship.htm

Book Bans and Challenges, 2007-2009
Uses Google Earth to show where book challenges occurred in the US.

Books Challenged and Banned in 2008 and 2009 (Illinois Library Association)
http://www.ila.org/pdf/2009banned.pdf

Controversial and Banned Books
http://www.banned-books.com/bblista-i.html

Frequently Challenged Books of the 21st Century (American Library Association)
http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/banned/frequentlychallenged/21stcenturychallenged/index.cfm

Kids’ Right to Read Project  (American Booksellers’ Foundation for Free Expression and National Council Against Censorship) - Book censorship in 28 states from December 2006 to May 2009.
http://www.ncac.org/images/ncacimages/KR2R%202009(1).pdf
Scroll down to view list of books challenged and banned in US from 2003-2008.  Does not include school level (elem., middle. high).

School, Libraries See Hundreds of Requests to Ban Books
http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2008-10-22-challengedbooks_N.htm

The Stories Behind Some of This Year’s Book Bans and Challenges (American Booksellers’ Foundation for Free Expression)
http://www.abffe.org/bbw-booklist-detailed.htm

 

The library page is maintained by Diane Leone -  leondms@bcsd.neric.org
Last updated: 09/13/2009