From the ALA website : "Banned Books Week is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read. Typically held during the last week of September, it highlights the value of free and open access to information. Banned Books Week brings together the entire book community –- librarians, booksellers, publishers, journalists, teachers, and readers of all types –- in shared support of the freedom to seek and to express ideas, even those some consider unorthodox or unpopular." "The books featured during Banned Books Week have all been targeted with removal or restrictions in libraries and schools"
A few books that have been banned at one time or another:
All of the above books are available for checkout at Franklin County Library. For more lists of books that have been banned at one point or another see:
What do you think of the practice of banning books?
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