Ban This Book (Hardcover)

from ansate

I love it so much I would keep it, but I love it so much I'm immediately giving it to a child. This book does an amazing job of showing WHY BOOKS. empathy, escape, spite at being told we can't. Parents, relax, it also does a wonderful job of walking the line of respecting PARENTS being able to ch...

from empress8411

This book! This book! Oh heavens – okay, so told from the first person pov of Amy Anne, an avid 9-year-old bibliophile, this books explores what makes us ourselves, where we find courage, and mostly, what censorship is and how it works. When her favorite book (From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Bas...

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Amy Anne Ollinger, fourth grade avid reader of her favorite book From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, finds that she can no longer check it out from the library because it has been banned by a concerned parent. Amy Anne has a lot to say about that...in her head. In this story Amy...

from jothebookgirl

The book is set in Wake County, NC in a K-6 school. A very involved parent, has gone to the school board with a number of titles from the library she feels are inappropriate for children to read. There is a challenged book reconsideration policy in place but for some reason the board takes the op...

from Tessa.Johnson

I LOVED this book!! When fourth grader Amy Anne finds her favorite book has been banned from the library, she goes on a mission to figure out what happened and why. Her path brings her to many other banned books and ultimately she devises a plan to help kids have access to these books, despite th...