Banned Books Week

"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.

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 ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) compiles lists of challenged books as reported in the media and submitted by librarians and teachers across the country.

Find out which challenged books made the 2015 list, which was released as part of the 2016 State of America’s Library Report." - ala.org/bbooks

Come into the library and see some banned books on display.  Perhaps you've read some....perhaps you would like to!  South Middle is proud that we allow our students (and parents) to choose books that they feel they (or their child) are comfortable reading.  Banning books goes against what we believe and we choose to celebrate this week every year in honor of that.