Blaine County Library

Banned Books Week: Celebrating the Freedom to Read, Sept. 24 – 30, 2017

By focusing on efforts across the country to remove or restrict access to books, Banned Books Week draws national attention to the harms of censorship. The books featured during Banned Books Week have all been targeted with removal or restrictions in libraries and schools. While books have been and continue to be banned, part of the Banned Books Week celebration is the fact that, in a majority of cases, the books have remained available. This happens only thanks to the efforts of librarians, teachers, students, and community members who stand up and speak out for the freedom to read. 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.

We have a display of banned and challenged books available for checkout. Many of the titles and the reason they have been banned or challenged may surprise you! Be a rebel, checkout a banned book and read it today!

September is National Library card sign-up month. If you don’t have a library card, you are missing out. A library card is the smartest card in your wallet—Get it-Use it @ your library!

Wednesday movies are showing again! The Boy in the Striped Pajamas will be the movie today at 1:00 p.m. in the library meeting room. The movie is rated PG-13 and runs for 94 minutes. The movie next week will be Shane. We will be showing the movies with closed captioning whenever possible. Hopefully this will encourage those who may have difficulties hearing the movies to attend.

From “Life’s Little Instruction Book” #43: Never give up on anybody. Miracles happen every day.

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