Banned Books Week 2009

Banned Books Week 2009 will be celebrated from September 26 to October 3. This annual commemoration is sponsored by the American Library Association to champion the freedom to read and the rights of free expression. The list of "Most Frequently Challenged Books of 2008" has also been released. And Tango Makes Three tops the list. Among the new entries is The Kite Runner.

Banned Books Website: http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/banned/bannedbooksweek/index.cfm

Most Frequently Challenged Books of 2008: http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/banned/frequentlychallenged/21stcenturychallenged/2008/index.cfm

Best of Baby Boom Children's Literature

The newspaper magazine supplement American Profile had a article about classic children's literature of the Baby Boomer Generation (1946-1964). Among its choices were The Cat in the Hat, Where the Wild Things Are, and The Giving Tree. To see the rest of the Top 10, and the reasons behind them, go to
http://www.americanprofile.com/article/35263.html