We're the Banned

Tuesday October 2 at 3:00 PM 

 

Join us for an afternoon of discussion, snacks, and activities celebrating Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 and Banned Books Week! Participants will have an opportunity to make their own READ poster and discuss their favorite banned books. Call the library at 330-343-6123 to register or for more information.

Banned Books Week is a national celebration in libraries and bookstores that draws attention to censorship. It began in 1982 and continues now as a celebration of everyone's right to read and think for themselves. To read more about Banned Books Week, please visit http://www.bannedbooksweek.org/about and http://www.ala.org/advocacy/banned/bannedbooksweek.

This year's "We're the Banned" event is also part of the Tuscarwas County One Book, One Community line-up. This year's One Book, One Community is focusing on Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 and also raises questions about censorship and the right to read. For more information on One Book, One Community, please visit their Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/tclcoboc.

Banned Books Week!

FREADOM

September 30 - October 6, 2012

Banned Books Week is a national movement that raises awareness about issues of censorship, book challenges, bans, and your freedom to read. Celebrated in libraries and bookstores, this is the week to enjoy your freedom to read "dangerous" books. 

When we say "Banned" we mean a book that has been Removed from a library (somewhere), for any number of reasons. "Challenged" on the other hand, means the book has been questioned, but not necessarily removed, in a library. Most banned or challenged books are books for teens and children, questioned by parents for their content. 

Here are the Top Banned Books of 2011:

1. ttyl; ttfn; l8r, g8r (series), by Lauren Myracle 
   Reasons: offensive language; religious viewpoint; sexually explicit; unsuited to age group
2. The Color of Earth (series), by Kim Dong Hwa
   Reasons: nudity; sex education; sexually explicit; unsuited to age group
3. The Hunger Games trilogy, by Suzanne Collins
   Reasons: anti-ethnic; anti-family; insensitivity; offensive language; occult/satanic; violence
4. My Mom's Having A Baby! A Kid's Month-by-Month Guide to Pregnancy, by Dori Hillestad Butler
   Reasons: nudity; sex education; sexually explicit; unsuited to age group
5. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie
   Reasons: offensive language; racism; religious viewpoint; sexually explicit; unsuited to age group
6. Alice (series), by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
   Reasons: nudity; offensive language; religious viewpoint
7. Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley
   Reasons: insensitivity; nudity; racism; religious viewpoint; sexually explicit
8. What My Mother Doesn't Know, by Sonya Sones
   Reasons: nudity; offensive language; sexually explicit
9. Gossip Girl (series), by Cecily Von Ziegesar
   Reasons: drugs; offensive language; sexually explicit
10. To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee
    Reasons: offensive language; racism 

Other banned books you might know include: Harry Potter by JK Rowling, Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien, Forever by Judy Blume, And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell, and Twilight, by Stephenie Meyer. 

They're not banned everywhere. They're not gone. You can choose to read them (or stay far away from them) for yourself. That's what Banned Books Week makes you aware of: your choice and freedom to read whatever you want and to decide for yourself what books are appropriate. 

So, have a Happy Banned Books Week and celebrate your freedom to read! 

Links: 

http://www.ala.org/advocacy/banned/frequentlychallenged/21stcenturychallenged
http://www.bannedbooksweek.org

Game Day!

 September 25 at 3:00 PM

Gamers, come to the Community Room and play group, board, and XBox games. Games will include: Clue, Apples to Apples, Life, and more! Refreshments will be provided. Please register by calling the library at 330-343-6123.

Video games are rated T and under. Time limits on the XBox will be implemented. Please contact Teen Librarian Liz Strauss with any questions. Event is open to teens in grades 7-12.


We have an Original XBox (donated) and these games:

1. Call of Duty: Finest Hour
2. FORZA Motorsport
3. Ghost Recon 2
4. Ghost Recon 2: Summit Strike
5. NASCAR Chase for the Cup 2005
6. Outlaw Golf
7. Professional Drag Racing 2005
8. Project Gotham Racing
9. Project Gotham Racing 2
10. Ralli Sport Challenge
11. Ralli Sport Challenge 2
12. Splinter Cell

If you have Original XBox games that are rated T or Under, you may bring them to the Game Day. We'll decide time limits the day of (depends on if any staff are on vacation/if I need to be anywhere). Two teens may play at a time (and I actually prefer it if you play as teams, so that more people can play in our limited time). You'll sign up for times when you arrive, and you will only be allowed one sign-up time, unless there is nobody else who wants to play. 

If you have any board games you would like to bring, please feel free! If you have any suggestions for games, email me at strausel@oplin.org. I'm always looking for good board games! (But I seem to have struck out with Cranium Cadoo... Come on, guys, it's awesome!)

See you at Game Day!