It happens whenever kids come home from school with new reading assignments: some parents look at what their kids are reading and don't like what they see. Joan E Bertin from the National Coalition Against Censorship knows why we observe Banned Books Week. Read the rest
Another School Year Just Started: Welcome Back To The Book Censorship wars.
Cory Doctorow, Boing Boing
Sun, 09/21/2014 - 7:17am
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