![]() Pete will celebrate banned books, and books that are in danger of being removed from Florida libraries because of recently-enacted legislation. “Hopefully, they won’t be needed for long. A new independent library in downtown St. The practice of banning books is a form of censorship, from political, legal, religious, moral, or (less often) commercial motives. “I hope that it’s the first of many banned book libraries in our community, for as long as there is a need for them,” said McDole. Main article: Book censorship A display of formerly banned books at a US library Banned books are books or other printed works such as essays or plays which are prohibited by law or to which free access is not permitted by other means. Books are challenged, and sometimes banned, for a number of reasons. Photos by Abigail Baker.Īmong the many titles removed from Pinellas County libraries by the Florida legislature, and available from the American Stage Banned Books Library: Being Jazz: My Life as a (Transgender) Teen by Jazz Jennings Gender Queer, A Memoir, by Maia Kobabe Perfect, by Ellen Hopkins The Kite Runner, By Khaled Hosseini The Electric Slide and Kai, by Kelly J Baptist and Darnell Johnson and The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison.Īlongside such acknowledged classics as To Kill a Mockingbird, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and The Diary of Anne Frank, which have been banned in other counties.Īccording to the literary trend website PEN America, of the books banned between July 2021 and June 2022, 41% had LGBTQ themes, protagonists or prominent secondary characters, 40% had characters of color as primary or prominent secondary characters, 21% dealt with race or racism, and 22% contained sexual content.Īll books have been donated they can be read onsite, or borrowed and returned. Books for Children (Fiction) Arthur and the Scare-Your-Pants-Off Club by Marc Tolon Brown The Rabbits Rebellion by Ariel Dorfman The Librarian of Basra by. ![]() Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark Schwartz, Alvin The Golden Compass Pullman. Pete Lit founder/director Maureen McDole. Popular Banned Books Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone Rowling, J. American Stage’s Avery Anderson and Keep St.
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