Banned Book Week

[Archivist]

One drawback of working from home is that you loose track of days. I almost forgot that this is Banned Book week until I came into my office this morning. Many excellent books--ranging from Harry Potter to Huckleberry Finn to the Bible to Where's Waldo to I am Jazz to the Dictionary--have been challenged or banned.

Read a banned book this week!

 

[Junia]

One drawback of working from home is that you loose track of days. I almost forgot that this is Banned Book week until I came into my office this morning. Many excellent books--ranging from Harry Potter to Huckleberry Finn to the Bible to Where's Waldo to I am Jazz to the Dictionary--have been challenged or banned.

Read a banned book this week!

which banned book.do you recommend? Aside from Bible, obviously!

 

[Junia]

One drawback of working from home is that you loose track of days. I almost forgot that this is Banned Book week until I came into my office this morning. Many excellent books--ranging from Harry Potter to Huckleberry Finn to the Bible to Where's Waldo to I am Jazz to the Dictionary--have been challenged or banned.

Read a banned book this week!

Where's Waldo was banned???why??

 

[Junia]

Surely you'd have to search hard to find a me a less subversive book than Where's Waldo?

 

[Archivist]

which banned book.do you recommend? Aside from Bible, obviously!

If you want serious reading I would recommend Huck Finn. It has been banned for use of the N word. For children, I would recommend Harriet the Spy, banned because some claimed that Harriet was a poor role model for children because she exhibited delinquent tendencies. Of course, I enjoyed all the Harry Potter books (all have been banned in some places).

 

[Archivist]

Where's Waldo was banned???why??

The original edition included a beach scene. If you looked very closely you could see a woman whose top has come off among all the people on the beach. Someone decided that children needed to be protected from cartoon boobs. It later editions the woman is wearing a top.

When I say very closely, it took two of us at least ten minutes of searching to find her.

 

[Junia]

The original edition included a beach scene. If you looked very closely you could see a woman whose top has come off among all the people on the beach. Someone decided that children needed to be protected from cartoon boobs. It later editions the woman is wearing a top.

When I say very closely, it took two of us at least ten minutes of searching to find her.

crazy world we live in

 

[Junia]

If you want serious reading I would recommend Huck Finn. It has been banned for use of the N word. For children, I would recommend Harriet the Spy, banned because some claimed that Harriet was a poor role model for children because she exhibited delinquent tendencies. Of course, I enjoyed all the Harry Potter books (all have been banned in some places).

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I enjoyed Harriet the Spy.... Wasn't so keen on Hick Finn but was a long time since I read it

 

[Junia]

I wouldn't say Harriet was a.delinquent.. She did learn that spying on people.and writing nasty things about them was a foolish thing to do with consequences

 

[Archivist]

I wouldn't say Harriet was a.delinquent.. She did learn that spying on people.and writing nasty things about them was a foolish thing to do with consequences

I agree. I have been collecting banned books and read it again when I got a copy.

 

[public hermit]

Top 100 Most Banned and Challenged Books: 2010-2019

Top 100 Most Banned and Challenged Books: 2010-2019

 

[Nevada Smith]

For those that like "banned" books in the audio format, I would highly recommend
LibriVox | free public domain audiobooks

They have thousands of books are from the public domain. Many of the are no longer in print. The books are read by volunteers and are free to download. If you have a favorite book that is in the public domain and want to share it with other, you can volunteer to be a reader.

Nothing better than lying in bed at night and falling asleep to a good story. I also load up my MP3 player when I hit the road.

For those that are looking for ways to entertain children, other than setting them down in front of the boob tube there is a whole section on children books. Many of them I haven't heard in years, since my mother read them to me long ago
LibriVox

For those that are of a scholarly nature there are the Bible commentary along with other books on religion.
LibriVox

Of a more whimsical nature, there is their insomnia collection. Nothing like having the "
Telephone Directory, Menomonie (Wisc.), April 1919" read to you at night to help you fall asleep.
https://ia800201.us.archive.org/23/...ins003_menomonieteleophonedirectory_128kb.mp3

 

[George95]

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[Nevada Smith]

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Banned Book week was September 27-October 3, 2020 so it would have been a current event.
Banned Books Week | September 27 – October 3, 2020

 

[RickardoHolmes]

When I was younger, I remember our church banned Origin of Species by Darwin. I read it anyway, and moved on Funny thing is, people badmouthed the book, talked about how it was wrong, what it said etc.....and then admitted that they never read and never would read it. Always wondered what made them experts on a book that they had never read .

After reading it, I discovered that what the book said, and what those church people said it said, were not even close to being accurate. It would seem that certain individuals were in the habit of spreading myth, propaganda, and misinformation as though it were fact.

No big deal, people do all the time. It is human nature. but it made me wonder, if they were wrong about Darwin, and what Darwin taught, are they wrong about God too?