“We have an obligation to use the language. To push ourselves: to find out what words mean and how to deploy them, to communicate clearly, to say what we mean. We must not attempt to freeze language, or to pretend it is a dead thing that must be revered, but we should use it as a living thing, that flows, that borrows words, that allows meanings and pronunciations to change with time.” – Neil Gaiman
Our freedom to read is a great privilege and every year, libraries celebrate that privilege during Banned Books Week, September 27 through October 3 this year. You can celebrate with us the whole month of September by participating in our Banned Books Reading Challenge via ReadSquared. Sign up by going to www.ccpls.org and clicking on the Teen Banned Books Reading Challenge link under events.
Every banned or challenged book you read during the month of September enters you into a drawing for a prize. Additional activities, called missions, are available in ReadSquared to earn more entries. Attending our Ted&Talk program on Wednesday, September 23 at 1:30pm gets you an entry as well!
Check out this website for list of frequently banned and challenged books: http://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/frequentlychallengedbooks. You can also stop by the Banned Books Week display or our desk in the CCPL Teen Room, or call us at 687-9227. We will be happy to pair you up with as many books as you want and answer any other questions you might have.
The prize winner will be announced at our BYOBook discussion on Thursday, October 1 at 4pm.
