Link Du Jour: Successful Banning
Facing a book challenge? Just curious about books that have been successfully banned? Librarian.net recently brought the Censored Books database to my attention. Tune in if for no other reason than to be flabbergasted all over again that a school banned the Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Click here to check it out.
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About Travis Jonker
Travis Jonker is an elementary school librarian in Michigan. He writes reviews (and the occasional article or two) for School Library Journal and is a member of the 2014 Caldecott committee. You can email Travis at scopenotes@gmail.com, or follow him on Twitter: @100scopenotes.
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I clicked through and poked around a few of my favorite authors’ entries. Gee, I thought my blood pressure was feeling a little low. All taken care of now!