I spent the day helping our fair citizens excercise their First Amendment rights, right up until closing time. Then I had supper around 9 and I am ready for a hot bath. Before you say, “this sounds like a Facebook update not a blog,” let me share a link with you. Tom Lehrer “The most amusing song about Roth v. U.S., 354 U.S. 476 (1957) I’ve ever heard.” …anonymous Youtube reviewer.
Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this song are those of the composer and singer and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of wildflowersp.
I campaigned for the right to make a display for Banned Book Week. Here are some photos. My vision was to fill the bookshelves entirely with books which had been banned. I didn’t quite accomplish that, but it does look pretty cool. I fished books out of donations for our upcoming book sale to supplement books on loan from staff. I won’t tell you how many of them are my personal books…
The whole thing.
The left side.
Sorry about the reflections.
Sep 29, 2011 @ 15:14:00
That’s a pretty awesome display. I have quite a few banned books at home, but not enough to fill up a whole bookshelf. Though the Harry Potter series comes close to filling an entire shelf, I guess.
Sep 29, 2011 @ 21:43:00
@madhousewife – There were six there. I am in the middle (still) of reading #3 to the ladies. I bet you have more banned books than you think…There have been some crazy book banned over the years.
Oct 22, 2011 @ 19:26:00
Cool display. I always amazes me what children’s books have been banned, so I might have quite a few myself.