#chapter books

Look at this, new content!! We get a "Scary stories to tell in the dark" type of book and Jonathan is the narrator!! What a great idea for a book!

Disney Fairies: The Trouble With Tink (2005)

Story: Kiki Thorpe -- Art: Judith Holmes Clarke

In celebration of this year's Freedom to Read Week (February 23-March 1st) I have gathered together six books about book banning for kids of different ages.

Picture Books

The Great Banned-Books Bake Sale by Aya Khalil

Kanzi, an Egyptian-American immigrant, is finally feeling like she belongs in her new home… until an entire shelf of books about immigrants and children of colour is removed from her school library. Kanzi, understandably, feels demoralized, but her classmates and teachers are there for her. Together, they hatch a plan to raise money to buy banned books for libraries by way of a bake sale, whose end results are sweeter than anyone expected.

This Book is Banned by Raj Halder

A picture book that humorously showcases what happens when censorship occurs in schools and libraries.

Chapter Books

Finally Seen by Kelly Yang

Moving from China to the US hasn’t been easy for 10-year-old Lina Gao. Embarrassed at her difficulty with English, she decides she just won’t speak anymore. But one day a parent opposes a book Lina’s teacher has been reading to the class, a book that really resonates with Lina. If Lina continues her self-imposed silence the book might be banned… Can she get over her fears and find her voice in time to save the book?

The Accidental Keyhand by Jen Swann Downey

When 12-year-old Dorrie and her brother chase a mongoose into the janitor’s closet in their school library they make an astound discovery: a secret society of time-travelling ninja librarians! They can travel anywhere in time where travel anywhere in time where people are punished for the words they write, be it the Spanish Inquisition, Ancient Greece… or Dorrie’s own hometown in the present day.

Teens

Miles Morales: Suspended by Jason Reynolds 

For the most part, Miles Morales is just your average teenager (he’s also Spider-Man, but that’s not the point). He goes to school and gets into occasional trouble just like any other kid his age. One such trouble comes in the form of an argument with his history teacher that lands Miles in an in-school suspension. While in suspension, he discovers that a superpowered termite is determined to eat all the books about people of colour in the school library. It’s a good thing Miles has some super-powers of his own, because this Spider-Man is about to be tested like never before.

Nonfiction

A Kids Book About Banned Books by National Coalition Against Censorship