Banned Books Week

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Banned Books Week
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Why Banned Books Week?

• Freedom to choose what to read
• Freedom to express ones opinion

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Bridge to Terabithia

• by Katherine Paterson
• Newbery Award Winner

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Julie of the Wolves

• by Jean Craighead George

Newbery Award Book
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• Importance of our First Amendment rights and the
  power of literature.
• Constitution of the United States of America

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The Bill of Rights1st Amendment

• Freedom of religion, speech and the press.
  Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom
  of speech

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Intellectual Freedom Censorship

• Free to choose
• Free to think
• Free to write
• Free to voice your opinions
• Free to purchase

• Censor or stop choice
• Deny use
• Deny right to speak
• Deny right to own

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Challenged Books
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

• by Mark Twain

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The Great Gilly Hopkins

• by Katherine Paterson

Newbery Honor Book
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A Wrinkle in Time

• by Madeleine LEngle

Newbery Award Winner
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The Giver

• Newbery Award Book
• by Lois Lowry

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James and the Giant Peach

• by Roald Dahl

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A Light in the Attic

• by Shel Silverstein

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On My Honor

• by Marion Dane Bauer

Newbery Honor Book
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Free Choice NOT Censorship

• You get to choose
• You do not have to take a book you dont like
• You cant tell someone else what to read
• Not all people like the same books
• Democracy means freedom!

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What do you choose?Intellectual Freedom
orCensorship