Banned Book Week at Decatur High School
Decatur Metro | October 1, 2009 | 1:59 pm
DHS teacher Chris Billingsley writes in…
Decatur High School is celebrating national “Banned Books Week”. We have a terrific display in the library containing books banned in the past, such as Ayn Rand- “The Fountainhead”, Harper Lee- “To Kill A Mockingbird”, Ernest Hemingway- “A Farewell To Arms”, Jack London- The Call Of The Wild” (according to the book cover, it was burned in Nazi Germany), J.D. Salinger- “The Catcher In The Rye”, and Pat Conroy’s “Beach Music”. In addition to the display, posters throughout the school and morning announcements promote the celebration.
FYI- The DHS library contains all the books listed above except Conroy’s “Beach Music”.
Ban books. Sounds like something that a bunch of “phonies” would dream up! 😉
This is great! What a creative idea to bring attention to some groundbreaking books and encourage their readership. Well done, DHS.
Funny coincidence, I just came across this rather interesting blog post on the subject of the role of the public library.
http://jaslarue.blogspot.com/2008/07/uncle-bobbys-wedding.html
Little Shop of Stories is also celebrating and has a similar display (and planned banned reading events)!