Banned Books Week 2021

  • Banned Books Week is September 26 to October 2, 2021

  • Censorship

    Censorship Spanish

  •  #BooksUniteUs #BannedBooksWeek #uKnighted

    Banned Books Week is all about protecting your right to read what you choose.

      We taught lessons on censorship, read banned books, did speed dating, and checked out many, many challenged books from our two displays.

    Books uknight us Blind date banned books

    More ways our staff and students got involved to FIGHT censorship!!

    📕 Wear Jeans/LIT tshirts

     📕 LITeracy, 1st amendment, or censorship shirts!

    uknighted 30 tshirts were made and worn by staff earning the Climate Committee a small profit!!

    📕 Social media

     📕 Read Aloud or other BB activities

    📕 Come to the LC

    • Speed date Banned Books

    • Blind Date or check out a Banned Book 

    • Email us for a time

    • shredded bookGuess the shredded book (It's "Dear Martin" by Nic Stone, don't worry, it was a damaged copy:)  Almost 40 people guessed, but Tati Harmon was our winner!

    📕 DEAR Time

    📕 Have DEAR (Drop Everything And Read) time at least once next week with books, Banned books or one of the options below

    📕 uKnighted Video

    📕About 30 teachers participated in our "Books uKNIGHT Us" video - check it out above.

    📕 Facebook Live Event

     📕 Facebook Live event with author, Jason Reynolds 

    Jason Reynolds We really enjoyed this event.  At least 4 classes attended in some way.  Did you miss it?  Check it out here.

    📕 WCPL library card

    📕 It's FREE... info here - tweet out #LibraryCardSignUpMonth... help your students do the same!

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    BAnned Books     BAnned Books Pyramid

  • “IF YOU ARE NEUTRAL IN SITUATIONS OF INJUSTICE, YOU HAVE CHOSEN THE SIDE OF THE OPPRESSOR.”
    ― Jason Reynolds, All American Boys

    Fight Censorship... Read a Banned Book