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Featured Site ALA: Banned Books Week Open in a new browser windowLink Details
- Information and resources on this year's Banned Books Week, from the American Library Association. Includes an overview of the topic of banned and burned books, press kits, a list of the most frequently challenged books, and links.
- http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/bannedbooksweek/bannedbooksweek.htm

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Banned Books Quiz Open in a new windowLink Details
- Test your knowledge of banned books with this quiz.
- http://reference.aol.com/quizzes/banned-books

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Look Out, Harry Potter: Book Banning Heats Up Open in a new windowLink Details
- This article from Education World explores the issue of book banning with a special focus on the Rowling's Harry Potter books, and includes a set of resources for establishing procedures in school systems to handle challenges to popular books.
- http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/admin/admin157.shtml

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Most Frequently Challenged Books in the US in the early 1990s Open in a new windowLink Details
- A list of the 50 most frequently challenged titles in schools and public libraries between 1990 and 1992, based on Herbert Foerstel's book, Banned in the U.S.A.
- http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~spok/most-banned.html

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ALA's Top 100 Banned or Challenged Books of 1990-2000 Open in a new windowLink Details
- A list of the most frequently challenged books of the 1990s, based on the challenges reported to ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom.
- http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/bannedbooksweek/bbwlinks/100mostfrequently.htm

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Free Expression Policy Project Open in a new windowLink Details
- A think tank on artistic and intellectual freedom that provides empirical research and policy development on tough censorship issues.
- http://www.fepproject.org/index.html

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kidSPEAK Open in a new windowLink Details
- Formerly Muggles for Harry Potter, kidSPEAK believes that it is wrong to ban books in classrooms and school libraries because some parents object to their content. Restricting the use of books that kids want to read violates their First Amendment rights a
- http://www.kidspeakonline.org/

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Freedom to Read.ca Open in a new windowLink Details
- Freedom to Read Week encourages Canadians to think about and reaffirm their commitment to intellectual freedom.
- http://www.freedomtoread.ca/

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Parents Against Bad Books In Schools Open in a new windowLink Details
- Information and resources for challenging controversial books in K-12 schools.
- http://www.pabbis.com/

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Alibris - Banned Books Open in a new windowLink Details
- Alibris' section of books that have been banned, challenged, or expurgated, and the often humorous reasons why.
- http://www.alibris.com/articles_features/features/banned/banned.cfm

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Shameful Book Banning in Rockford, Illinois Open in a new windowLink Details
- Describes a case where a school board voted to ban a book about youth gang culture, to the dismay of many in the community.
- http://users.rcn.com/kyp/rockbann.html

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Banned Books: A Pathfinder Open in a new windowLink Details
- An librarians' finding guide for information on banned books and censorship.
- http://www.albany.edu/~mr3240/isp605

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Censorship and Book Burning Open in a new windowLink Details
- Modest collection of sayings and viewpoints of book burning.
- http://www.rjgeib.com/thoughts/burning/burning.html

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Autodafe.org Open in a new windowLink Details
- Autodafe.org provides writings of authors giving their perspectives of the social or political situations, analyses and thoughts on literary creativity, and the examples of censoring currently practiced in the world.
- http://www.autodafe.org/

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Free Expression Network Open in a new windowLink Details
- Current news, features and trend analysis in free expression issues in U.S.
- http://www.freeexpression.org/

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Censorship Pages Open in a new windowLink Details
- Anti-censorship site with a look at banned books.
- http://www.booksatoz.com/censorship/index.htm

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Banning Books from the Classroom: How To Handle Cries for Censorship Open in a new windowLink Details
- This informative article from education World is mainly aimed at teachers, but it is useful for anyone concerned with book banning and censorship in schools. Challenges to school materials are a common occurrence. How should such challenges be handled? Ho
- http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr031.shtml

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American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression Open in a new windowLink Details
- News and updates on matters of free speech, book banning and related issues for booksellers.
- http://www.abffe.org/

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Censored: Wielding the Red Pen Open in a new windowLink Details
- This exhibition from the University of Virginia Libraries includes numerous cover images of censored books, plus thoughtful and informative commentary.
- http://www.lib.virginia.edu/speccol/exhibits/censored/index.html

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Censored Open in a new windowLink Details
- Directory of Web and print censorship resources with detailed descriptions of each link.
- http://www.georgesuttle.com/censorship/

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The File Room Open in a new windowLink Details
- Archive of case files pertaining to the censorship and suppression of works and ideas from Socrates to Judy Blume.
- http://www.thefileroom.org/

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Banned Books On-Line Open in a new windowLink Details
- Special exhibit of books that have been the objects of censorship or censorship attempts.
- http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/banned-books.html

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What Johnny Can't Read: Censorship in American Libraries Open in a new windowLink Details
- Essay by Suzanne Fisher Staples on censorship in American school libraries.
- http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/ALAN/winter96/pubCONN.html

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