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SMSU McFarland Library Virtual Book Display: Banned Books Week 2020: Sept. 27th - Oct. 3rd

Banned Books Week 2020

This year’s Banned Books Week theme is “Censorship is a Dead End. Find Your Freedom to Read.”

Censorship limits exploration and creates barriers to access information. The path toward the freedom to read starts at the library. 

  

Top 10 Challenged Books of 2019

Top 100 Most Banned & Challenged Books Of The Past Decade

To kick-off Banned Books Week, the American Library Association revealed the Top 100 Most Banned and Challenged Books of the Past Decade.

How many have you read? What's on your TBR list?

Penguin Presents: Authors Stand Up For Free Speech

Censorship By The Numbers 2019

(Some) Banned Books Available @ McFarland Library

The Handmaid's Tale by Atwood, Margaret

Location: 4th Floor

Call #: PR9199.3.A8 H3 1986

Song of Solomon by Morrison, Toni

Location: 4th Floor

Call #: PS3563.O8749 S65 1977

The Complete Persepolis by Satrapi, Marjane

Location: 4th Floor

Call #: PN6747.S245 P4713 2007

The Catcher in the Rye by Salinger, J.D.

Location: 4th Floor

Call #: PS3537.A5 C3 1951

The Things They Carried by O'Brien, Tim

Location: 4th Floor

Call #: PS3565.B75 T48 1998b

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Alexie, Sherman

Location: 4th Children & Young Adult Collection

Call #:  PS3551.L35774 A27 2009

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Skloot, Rebecca

Location: 4th Floor

Call #: RC265.6.L24 S55 2010

The Giver by Lowry, Lois

Location: 4th Floor Children & Young Adult Collection

Call #: PS3562.O923 G58 1993

The Kite Runner by Hosseini, Khaled

Location: 4th Floor

Call #: PS3608.O832 K58 2013

The Color Purple by Walker, Alice

Location: 4th Floor

Call #:  PS3573.A425 C6 1982

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Haddon, Mark

Location: 4th Floor

Call #: PR6058.A26 C87 2004

Fahrenheit 451 by Bradbury, Ray

Location: 4th Floor

Call #: PS3503.R167 F3 1967

An Abundance of Katherines by Green, John

Location: 4th Floor, Children & Young Adult Collection

Call #: PS3607.R432928 A28 2012

The Outsiders by Hinton, S.E.

Location: 4th Floor Children & Young Adult Collection

Call #: PS3558.I548 O98 1967

Snow Falling on Cedars by Guterson, David

Location: 4th Floor

Call #: PS3557.U846 S65 1994

The Hunger Games by Collins, Suzanne

Location: 4th Floor 

Call #: PS3603.O4558 H86 2008

Banned Books Break

Take a break and and click on the links below to access a maze and a few Banned Books themed coloring pages! 

Words Have Power Coloring Page

Speak Out for Banned Books Coloring Page

Bad Kitty Reads Banned Books Coloring Page

Censorship is a Dead End Maze