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Month: December 2023

So, not a great day then? – banned book QOTD

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A young child screams and stomps, clearly having a bad day.

“Stupid stupid stupid. Stupid. Stupid body. Stupid brain. Stupid boys and stupid girls. Stupid everything.” #1 on the American Library Association’s list of Top 10 Most Challenged Books of 2020. So, sometimes we don’t have anything profound to say. We want to support Alex Gino, whose book George has often been challenged or banned across […]

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That girl is great, isn’t she? – banned book QOTD

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A young artist rests, hammer and chisel in hand, considering the "respectable" image of themself that they created.

“I do have friends, but they don’t know me, only someone I’ve created to take my place.” #10 on the PEN America’s list of Most Banned Books list 2022-2023 school year. Very popular Ellen Hopkins is extremely popular… New York Times best-selling author of young adult and adult novels Ellen Hopkins has won many awards, […]

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Why be like all of the others – banned book QOTD

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A group of reindeer play a table game. In the background, Rudolph sits alone, uninvited.

“The less we understand a group in society—the less we bother to learn—the more misconceptions and worries we have.” #10 (tie) on the American Library Association’s list of Top 13 Most Challenged Books of 2022. This book does some important things: It treats our LGBTQ+ siblings with respect. It speaks to them about things that […]

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A fresh perspective changes the world – BB QoTD

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A watercolor of a child in a paint-stained smock, standing at an easel outside, painting the scene with a happy sun in the sky.

“It was the first time I knew beautiful. Had imagined it for myself. Beauty was not simply something to behold; it was something one could do.” #3 on the American Library Association’s list of Top 13 Most Challenged Books of 2022. Choosing to make beauty or obscure it Artists of all kinds create beauty from […]

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Now where was that skin tone? – banned book QOTD

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A child is coloring on a piece of paper with a beige crayon. Nearby is a large box full of beige crayons.

“Children aren’t coloring books. You don’t get to fill them with your favorite colors.” #11 on the American Library Association’s list of Top 100 Most Banned and Challenged Books: 2010-2019. Controlling is not caring Hosseini reminds us that, though parents rightly work to instill values and skills, their job isn’t to control children or their […]

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Fire can never burn it down – banned book QOTD

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A blindfolded girl holding a book, burning bookshelves in the background.

“A word to the unwise. / Torch every book. / Char every page. / Burn every word to ash. / Ideas are incombustible. / And therein lies your real fear.” #10 (tie) on the American Library Association’s list of Top 13 Most Challenged Books of 2022. And that is exactly the fear of the parents […]

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Greater good not so great – banned book QoTD

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″‘Many atrocities,’ Rhys purred, ‘have been done in the name of the greater good.‘” #10 on the American Library Association’s list of Top 13 Most Challenged Books of 2022. See what we are doing about it at Re:faith. How apropos! Censorship of books that contain any LGBTQ+ characters at all is an atrocity that does […]

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Grief? The blame is better – banned book QOTD

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“More than grief, more than anger, there is a need. Someone to blame.” #9 on the American Library Association’s list of Top 13 Most Challenged Books of 2022. See what we are doing about it at Re:faith. So who cares? Ashley Hope Perez is such a gifted and persuasive author that we couldn’t resist another […]

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Sure is a good point–banned book quote of the day

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A teen plays video games in a beanbag chair looking disgusted. Behind them, a TV plays a news program showing an angry mob waving crosses and flags.

“It’s not that I had anything against Jesus or God, I was just underwhelmed by the evidence.” #7 on the American Library Association’s list of top 13 most challenged books of 2022. What an indictment of communities of faith! And he nails it. In the US, the loudest voices represent the religious right, who seem […]

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So, maybe better than nothing?–banned book quote of the day

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“Charlie, we accept the love we think we deserve.” #5 (tie) on the American Library Association’s list of Top 13 Most Challenged Books of 2022. See what we are doing about it at Re:faith.

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