Create a Video for Banned Books Week

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I often write about banned books here, and love the annual Banned Books Week in September. This year, the American Library Association is encouraging anyone celebrating the freedom to read to take part in a Virtual Read-Out on YouTube.

School Library Journal has the details:

The criteria are simple: create a video that’s less than two minutes long of anyone reading a book that’s been banned. If you choose to talk about a personal experience battling censorship, then feel free to extend the video to three minutes.

Choose one of the many LGBT-inclusive banned books, such as And Tango Makes Three, Uncle Bobby’s Wedding, or Heather Has Two Mommies; a non-LGBT classic like To Kill a Mockingbird, or even the Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, which a parent in California objected to last year because it contained the term “oral sex.” Here’s a longer list if you need more ideas.

You can submit your video at any time, although Banned Books Week runs from September 21 to October 1. Leave a comment here if you do!

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2 thoughts on “Create a Video for Banned Books Week”

  2. Dana

    Well, the American Library Association uses the term to mean books that have been challenged by library patrons who ask for their removal or restriction. There have been instances of libraries agreeing to this in recent times (along with examples of libraries refusing to do so). You may be right about a book being banned across the entire country, though.

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