Banned Books Week Materials
(Guide, Posters, ALA Online Store, Plus)
Aye, mateys . . . celebrate your freedom t' read!
How to Celebrate Banned Books Week 2007
Support OIF by purchasing your Banned Books Week materials from the ALA Online Store! Phone 1-866-SHOP-ALA. See additional ordering information.
BANNED BOOKS WEEK KIT
Support OIF by purchasing your Banned Books Week materials from the ALA Online Store! Phone 1-866-SHOP-ALA. See additional ordering information.
Banned Books Week (September 29–October 6, 2007): Ahoy! Treasure Your Freedom to Read and Get Hooked on a Banned Book is an opportunity to conduct or sponsor positive educational programs, including exhibits, lectures, discussions, plays, and films, demonstrating the harms of censorship.
The 2007 Banned Books Week Kit includes three full-color adult, YA, and children's posters, the List of Books Challenged or Banned in 2006–2007, 100 bookmarks, and 1 Banned Books Week button. Only $40! ($49.00, if purchased separately, and the button is no longer sold separately!)
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What You Can Do to Celebrate Your Freedom to Read! Links to Ideas on How Individuals and Bookstores, Libraries, and Other Organizations Celebrate Their Freedom to Read During ALA's Banned Books Week (BBW), including Action Guide, Suggested Activities. If you have any ideas for “Suggested Activities” for Banned Books Week, please send them to Nanette Perez.
RESOURCE GUIDE
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The Banned Books 2007 Resource Book (“Resource Guide,” $40 US) can help bookstores, libraries, and schools organize their programs in support of the First Amendment.
Inside the Resource Book are citations of recent books challenged or banned, Notable First Amendment Court Cases, Quotes on the First Amendment, and other resources.
Order your 2007 Resource Guide today! Next revision scheduled for 2010. Annual List of Books Challenged or Banned will update the Resource Guide between revisions.
ANNUAL LIST OF BOOKS CHALLENGED OR BANNED
The Annual List of Books Challenged or Banned is available in packets of 50 ($35 US) or as a single copy ($1 US). This publication contains a list of books challenged or banned in 2006–2007.
POSTERS
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Display your support for the freedom to read with these colorful 24" x 36" posters. Promote your commitment to the First Amendment with these colorful posters celebrating the freedom to read. ($12 US each)
BOOKMARK
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Mark the spot in your favorite banned book! Don't be marooned without one! Available in packets of 100 ($10 US) or 500 ($40 US).
BUTTONS
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Celebrate the freedom to read and let the world know you read banned books by wearing the official button. Banned Books Week button (pack of 5: $10; pack of 10: $15; pack of 20: $25). NOTE: The BBW button is no longer sold individually.
T-SHIRT
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The official BBW T-shirt features the 2007 children's poster on the back and The Giver as a swashbuckling pirate on the front. Rated yarrr for yarrvyrone! The 100% white cotton T-shirt is available in Medium, Large, XL, and XXL ($20 US).
ORDERING AND OTHER INFORMATION
The ALA Online Store now sells Banned Books Week materials. Phone information is 1-866-SHOP-ALA. See About the ALA Store for information on discounts, mailing and shipping costs, etc. Payments accepted: check, money order, purchase order, and the following credit cards: Visa, MC and AMEX.
You also may place your order at the ALA Online Store or directly by faxing a message to 770-280-4155 or by sending a check to:
Banned Books Week Orders
P.O. Box 932501
Atlanta, GA 31193-2501
Please make checks payable to the American Library Association—it is very important to note that the check is for Banned Books Week.
For more information on Banned Books Week: Celebrating Your Freedom to Read, please contact the American Library Association/Office for Intellectual Freedom call OIF at 1-800-545-2433, ext. 4220, or at Bryan Campbell.
Links to non-ALA sites have been provided because these sites may have information of interest. Neither the American Library Association nor the Office for Intellectual Freedom necessarily endorses the views expressed or the facts presented on these sites; and furthermore, ALA and OIF do not endorse any commercial products that may be advertised or available on these sites.
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