For the librarians on my friends list.

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Person 1: We typically get our books from the library. I had never considered that some books may be banned from the American Library Association. I am sure that some of those books are extremely thought provoking reads. We are currently reading The Giver by Lois Lowry. I just happened to pick it up at a Yard Sale. What a great book. Our library will not carry that series, so I ordered the sequels from Amazon. I can see why it might be banned. It is sad and while I would not want my child to pick this up in the Children's section of the library and read it on their own, we are thoroughly enjoying reading it together.

Person 2: The ALA doesn't ban books-as a matter of fact it is strongly opposed to the banning of books. From their web site:

The ALA promotes the freedom to choose or the freedom to express one's opinions even if that opinion might be considered unorthodox or unpopular and stresses the importance of ensuring the availability of those viewpoints to all who wish to read them.

They do however maintain lists of books that have been banned and challenged. You can check out their web site and search "banned books" or "challenged books".

Person 1: This is good to know. I just found it on the Banned Books List and assumed it was "banned". I had never come across this before so I had no idea how it worked.

This massive misconception would fall more on the side of pure entertainment to me if Person 1 wasn't homeschooling her kids.

Comments

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There is a lot of Dunning-Kruger Syndrome in the homeschooling world, I find (and my homeschooling friends find, much to their chagrin).

It seems odd that someone would parse "Banned Books Week" as "a week in which libraries celebrate the books they themselves banned" but on the other hand, life can be weird and we have always been at war with Eastasia.