Thanks to Shanna Leonard for this fun idea for a book contest to generate enthusiasm for her upcoming book fair! To encourage creativity, the media center is hosting a Spud Love Book Fair contest. This is an optional contest that involves students reading a book, decorating a potato like a character from the book, and writing a summary about the book. The spuds will be judged and a $5.00 gift card for our upcoming October 8-12th Book Fair will be awarded to one student in each grade level.
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What do Charlotte's Web, Bridge to Terabithia and the Bible have in common? Yep, they are titles that have made the official "Banned Books" list for having been "banned" from at least one library or school district for inappropriate content. How many of these books have you read??The First Amendment gives everyone residing in the United States the right to hear all sides of every issue and to make their own judgments about those issues without government interference or limitations. The First Amendment allows individuals to speak, publish, read and view what they wish, worship (or not worship) as they wish, associate with whomever they choose, and gather together to ask the government to make changes in the law or to correct the wrongs in society. The right to speak and the right to publish under the First Amendment has been interpreted widely to protect individuals and society from government attempts to suppress ideas and information, and to forbid government censorship of books, magazines, and newspapers as well as art, film, music and materials on the internet. The Supreme Court and other courts have held conclusively that there is a First Amendment right to receive information; the right to receive information is a corollary to the right to speak. Student aides from North Davidson High School created this display to celebrate the right to read during Banned Books Week 2018. Library Bill of Rights The American Library Association affirms that all libraries are forums for information and ideas, and that the following basic policies should guide their services. I. Books and other library resources should be provided for the interest, information, and enlightenment of all people of the community the library serves. Materials should not be excluded because of the origin, background, or views of those contributing to their creation. II. Libraries should provide materials and information presenting all points of view on current and historical issues. Materials should not be proscribed or removed because of partisan or doctrinal disapproval. III. Libraries should challenge censorship in the fulfillment of their responsibility to provide information and enlightenment. IV. Libraries should cooperate with all persons and groups concerned with resisting abridgment of free expression and free access to ideas. V. A person’s right to use a library should not be denied or abridged because of origin, age, background, or views. VI. Libraries which make exhibit spaces and meeting rooms available to the public they serve should make such facilities available on an equitable basis, regardless of the beliefs or affiliations of individuals or groups requesting their use. Adopted June 19, 1939, by the ALA Council; amended October 14, 1944; June 18, 1948; February 2, 1961; June 27, 1967; January 23, 1980; inclusion of “age” reaffirmed January 23, 1996. "First Amendment and Censorship", American Library Association, June 13, 2008.
http://www.ala.org/advocacy/intfreedom/censorship (Accessed September 24, 2018) Document ID: 2875609a-85af-be74-e98e-b951ad2b4859 "Library Bill of Rights", American Library Association, June 30, 2006. http://www.ala.org/advocacy/intfreedom/librarybill (Accessed September 24, 2018) Document ID: 669fd6a3-8939-3e54-7577-996a0a3f8952 |
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