UPDATED: Celebrate Banned Book Week by Reading!

Are you a Literary Rebel? In honor of Banned Book Week, check out some of the most celebrated and controversial books here: 

http://www.buzzfeed.com/powellsbooks/33-must-read-books-to-celebrate-banned-books-week-ohuo

How many have you read?

Check out a great series of infographics, courtesy of the Huffington Post:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/22/banned-books-week-infographic_n_5852234.html

And…Stunning visuals with quotes from banned books: 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/21/quotes-banned-books_n_5759808.html

AND a Timeline of the last 30 years of banned book milestones: 

http://www.tiki-toki.com/timeline/entry/51787/Banned-Books-Week-Celebrating-30-Years-of-Liberating-Literature/#vars!date=1994-07-08_17:46:32!

Here's some additional links courtesy of Ms. Gill, VHS's librarian:

Banned Books Week 2014

American Library Association “Banned Books Week 2014: September 21-27

http://www.ala.org/bbooks/

Links:  About Banned and Challenged Books  http://www.ala.org/bbooks/about

            Banned Books Week  http://www.ala.org/bbooks/bannedbooksweek

            Challenges to Library Materials  http://www.ala.org/bbooks/challengedmaterials

            Frequently Challenged Books                                                             http://www.ala.org/bbooks/frequentlychallengedbooks                                            

            100 most frequently challenged books           http://www.ala.org/bbooks/frequentlychallengedbooks/top100                                             ***30 years of Liberating Literature timeline 

                        30 Years of Liberating Literature timeline

50-State Salute to Banned Books Week:

http/:www.ala.org: advocacy:banned:bannedbooksweek:celebrating-banned-books-week:50statesalutevideos

Tucson school district releases list of banned ethnic studies books, includes Shakespeare:

http://www.democracynow.org/2012/1/17/headlines/

Man behind Mexican-American Studies Ban Won’t Head Arizona Schools:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/27/john-huppenthal-loses_n_5721762.html

NYTimes:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/18/books/18newb.html%3F_r=0

Georgia mom seeks ban on Harry Potter:

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/15127464/ns/today-books/t/georgia-mom-seeks-ban-harry-potter/%23.UI1a8oYQOhk.