Blaine County Library

Banned Books Week:

Sept. 23 - 29, 2018

Banning Books Silences Stories

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 will 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!

Winners of the drawings during the Sugarbeet Festival were Izzy Dumas, Abbey Danley and Balen Adair.

Wednesday Movies have begun. We will show a movie every Wednesday at 1:00 p.m. The movie today will be “8 Seconds”, which runs for 1 hour and 44 minutes. Everyone is welcome to attend and refreshments will be served. “On Golden Pond” will be the movie next Wednesday.

Youth programs have resumed for the school year. Story Time is Tuesday mornings at 10:30 a.m. Kids of all ages and abilities are welcome to attend. Middle School Hangout, for kids in grades 6-8 will be held on Tuesday afternoons from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. LEGO Club is Thursday afternoons from 3:30-4:30 p.m. and is open to kids in grades K-6.

There is always something going on at the library. Check us out on Facebook or look us up on our website at http:www.blainecountylibrary.org for up to date information about what’s going on!