{"id":4372,"date":"2021-09-13T16:04:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-13T16:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lmc.lsr7.org\/lsnhs\/?p=4372"},"modified":"2021-09-13T16:04:00","modified_gmt":"2021-09-13T16:04:00","slug":"banned-books-week-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lmc.lsr7.org\/lsnhs\/banned-books-week-2021\/09\/13\/2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Banned Books Week 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Each year the American Library Association celebrates Banned Books Week to bring light to the dangers of censorship and to celebrate each individual\u2019s freedom to read and access information. The LSN Library celebrates your freedoms as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are many resources where you can learn more about Banned Books Week and your Right to Read.<br>\u2013 This\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/lmc.lsr7.org\/lsnhs\/banned-books-week-2020\/\" target=\"_blank\">LSN Library page<\/a>\u00a0displays the information collected by the ALA Office for Intelectual Freedom concerning book challenges in the United States. This includes a video and slideshow concerning the top 10 most challenged books in 2019.<br>\u2013 Here is the official home of\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/bannedbooksweek.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Banned Books Week<\/a>. It contains information and resources for teachers.<br>\u2013 Here is a\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/collections.follettsoftware.com\/collection\/5f6cf19d1ad98e00122584af?h=2cb20f4f838e7ad58f0285f42f92b35004e6b709cd7eab8b8f211898147ca916\" target=\"_blank\">Collection<\/a>\u00a0of banned and challenged books that you can check out from the LSN Library. Here are instructions for how to check out books during Virtual Learning.<br>\u2013 The\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ala.org\/advocacy\/intfreedom\/librarybill\" target=\"_blank\">ALA\u2019s Library Bill of Rights<\/a>\u00a0explains how the library protects your freedom to read and explore your interests widely and privately.<br>You can also read the ALA\u2019s\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ala.org\/advocacy\/intfreedom\/freedomreadstatement\" target=\"_blank\">Freedom to Read Statement<\/a>, which was first adopted in 1953, and continues to be reaffirmed to this day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lmc.lsr7.org\/lsnhs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/09\/Top-10-Most-Challenged-Books-of-2020-1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"791\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/lmc.lsr7.org\/lsnhs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/09\/Top-10-Most-Challenged-Books-of-2020-1-791x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Top 10 Most Challenged Books of 2020\" class=\"wp-image-4373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lmc.lsr7.org\/lsnhs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/09\/Top-10-Most-Challenged-Books-of-2020-1-791x1024.jpg 791w, https:\/\/lmc.lsr7.org\/lsnhs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/09\/Top-10-Most-Challenged-Books-of-2020-1-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/lmc.lsr7.org\/lsnhs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/09\/Top-10-Most-Challenged-Books-of-2020-1-768x994.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lmc.lsr7.org\/lsnhs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/09\/Top-10-Most-Challenged-Books-of-2020-1-1187x1536.jpg 1187w, https:\/\/lmc.lsr7.org\/lsnhs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/09\/Top-10-Most-Challenged-Books-of-2020-1-1582x2048.jpg 1582w, https:\/\/lmc.lsr7.org\/lsnhs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/09\/Top-10-Most-Challenged-Books-of-2020-1-scaled.jpg 1978w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 791px) 100vw, 791px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lmc.lsr7.org\/lsnhs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/09\/Censorship-by-the-Numbers_social-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"786\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/lmc.lsr7.org\/lsnhs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/09\/Censorship-by-the-Numbers_social-1-786x1024.png\" alt=\"Why books are challenged and censored in the US. \" class=\"wp-image-4374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lmc.lsr7.org\/lsnhs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/09\/Censorship-by-the-Numbers_social-1-786x1024.png 786w, https:\/\/lmc.lsr7.org\/lsnhs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/09\/Censorship-by-the-Numbers_social-1-230x300.png 230w, https:\/\/lmc.lsr7.org\/lsnhs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/09\/Censorship-by-the-Numbers_social-1-768x1001.png 768w, https:\/\/lmc.lsr7.org\/lsnhs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/09\/Censorship-by-the-Numbers_social-1-1179x1536.png 1179w, https:\/\/lmc.lsr7.org\/lsnhs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/09\/Censorship-by-the-Numbers_social-1-1572x2048.png 1572w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 786px) 100vw, 786px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each year the American Library Association celebrates Banned Books Week to bring light to the dangers of censorship and to celebrate each individual\u2019s freedom to read and access information. The LSN Library celebrates your freedoms as well. Here are many resources where you can learn more about Banned Books Week and your Right to Read.\u2013 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4365,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[71,69,95,96],"class_list":["post-4372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog-2","tag-ala","tag-banned-books-week","tag-censorship","tag-freedom-to-read"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lmc.lsr7.org\/lsnhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lmc.lsr7.org\/lsnhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lmc.lsr7.org\/lsnhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lmc.lsr7.org\/lsnhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lmc.lsr7.org\/lsnhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4372"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lmc.lsr7.org\/lsnhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4372\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lmc.lsr7.org\/lsnhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lmc.lsr7.org\/lsnhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lmc.lsr7.org\/lsnhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lmc.lsr7.org\/lsnhs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}