CHS librarian highlights favorite author as part of Banned Books Week campaign
Have you read a banned book lately? Chances are, even if it was on your high school literature class reading list, you have read a book that somebody somewhere wanted to ban.
Along with libraries across the country, the Carson City Library is celebrating Banned Books Week (Sept. 22-28) with a special event to thank authors whose work has been prohibited or challenged.
Between 4:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 27, readers will gather at the library to write letters to authors to show support for writing about controversial subjects.
Registration is encouraged, and you can sign up here by clicking on the Calendar, or by following this link: https://carsoncitylibrary.libcal.com/event/5634768
Our Banned Books Week letter-writing campaign kicks off with community leaders sharing their thoughts. We'll share a new feature each day of the week leading up to Friday's event!
Ananda Campbell, Library Media Specialist, Carson High School, Library Coordinator Carson City School District.
Censorship leaves us in the dark. During Banned Books Week, we’re reminded to keep the light on! As the Carson High School library media specialist, I am an avid protector of intellectual freedom. Although students and their families are encouraged to make their own reading choices based on personal beliefs, interests and values, we protect everyone's right to make that choice for themselves. I strive to provide a wide variety of materials to meet the varied interests and diversity of our students and school community.
My favorite author (with the most titles on the banned and challenged list!), and my earliest experience with reading banned books, is Judy Blume. As a young girl facing changes in my body, unfamiliar emotions and foreign feelings, I found solace and camaraderie in these characters. The importance of providing the same support and diverse reading opportunities for our students to see themselves in the character of a novel — characters facing the same struggles and overcoming challenges — is not lost on me. Censorship leaves us in the dark. We must keep the light on!
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