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[intothestacks]

Books About Book Bans for Kids and Teens

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

A nonfiction book for kids about book banning – what it is, what it isn’t, why banning books is a problem, and what kids can do if they come across a book ban they disagree with. Perfect as a book to read together to encourage discussion.

[autismdogg]

Magic Tree House #1-10 (1992-97)

[jonathan-cranes-mistress-of-fear]

So, he's basically saying one mans fear is another mans kink....that tracks

ALSO: He considers Arkham his home and that's kinda bittersweet

5 Scarier Stories for a Dark Night || Scanned at 300dpi

[fightingwithallreality]

Colorado Summer (1999) written by Larry Bograd and Coleen Hubbard, illustrated by Sandy Rabinowitz [source]

[rememberingmermaids]

The covers of each of the books in the twelve-book Little Mermaid novel series that was released in 1994. Here is a link to a site with summaries for each book summary

[graphiteplug]

I don't like school but I enjoyed reading these books. I still like all of these, honestly

[thatsbelievable]

Meet Waffles & Tanya!

See that kid on the left? That’s Wen, but his mom calls him “Waffles.” Because he likes pancakes. She thinks that’s funny. Anyway, monster-movie buff Waffles has to spend the summer with his Grandpa in Shriekport, Maine. Lucky for him, Grandpa used to be a makeup and special-effects artist for monster movies, and he’s got a whole basement full of props that need organizing.

See the kid on the right? That’s Tanya, and she lives next door to Grandpa. She also accidentally broke one of Grandpa’s windows, and offered to help him organize his basement in return. Tanya loves monster movies, too (you name it, she’s seen it), so digging through the movie props isn’t exactly a punishment.

Tanya and Waffles hit it off, and it seems like it’s going to be a great summer for the two friends, which is usually when something unexpected and decidedly awful happens. And that something is called The Monstrous Adventures of Mummy Man and Waffles, the spooky middle-grade novel written by me (Steve Behling) and illustrated by Robb Mommaerts.

I’d be grateful if you’d check it out! Which you can do so quite literally at your library! Click that link to see if your library carries it. If not, you can ask your librarian to order it! Libraries and librarians are awesome.

You can also order the book HERE. And right now, it’s on sale directly from HarperCollins!

[disneyfairiesparadise]

THIS JUST IN FAIRY FANS: DISNEY IS OFFICIALLY MAKING A PREQUEL BOOK FOR THE MILARION LOVE STORY! ALREADY PREORDERED MY COPY!

[picturebookshelf]

Pippi Goes On Board

(Original Edition: 1946 -- This Edition: 1988) Story: Astrid Lindgren -- Translation: Florence Lamborn -- Art: Louis S. Glanzman

[sailorplutoirl]

I think there's a difference between Sunset and the Dazzlings

I remember in that The Mane Event chapter book based on Rainbow Rocks at a bookstore which I never bought.It had like a spot at the end where you could write your feelings sort of like a diary. It said something like "Do you ever feel like doing the same thing over and over again?" Like in reference to the Dazzlings, and if you look at the Dazzlings vs. Sunset, you can see a big difference.

Sunset Shimmer changed. The Dazzlings didn't.

Throughout Rainbow Rocks, and in between, Sunset had to change and work towards being a better person. It was hard and messy and people didn't forgive her right away all of the time, but it was what ultimately defeated the Dazzlings in the End.

The Dazzlings on the other hand? They simply used basically the same tactic they used for like 1,000 years. Yes they were immediately liked, and it yielded results and they got scarily far, they were ultimately defeated because they underestimated Sunset's ability and want change.

They recognized that Sunset did something bad, and was ostracized for it and for good reason. They used it against her to shut her down and make her feel insecure. It was Sunset who had to take the long messy road of change and commit to it, and and as stated before, she was the one that asserted herself when it was needed, and was the one that carried The Rainbooms in that final battle. (The only one who didn't have one of those bum-ass outfits might I add. She at least looked the least terrible out of The Rainbooms.)

Maybe they knew Sunset was a threat, but underestimated that she was a threat that could get back up.

Even in like their powered up forms. Sunset's form is one that came with her redemption and solidifies her as a Rainboom. The Dazzlings were using projections of their original forms from 1,000 years ago. Maybe they were stuck in the past.

While the Dazzlings were immediately adored, it was fake and evaporated after the spell was lifted, while when people start to warm up to Sunset, although it takes a while, it's real.

Whether or not it was intentional, I may never know, but I like this.

But not this wtf

When I figure out how to redesign these it’s over for y’all these girls deserve so much better than the outfits they got BECAUSE

[butterflyangel2002]

I got this book a while ago and went back to reading it after months of burnout and being busy. Usually I don’t finish chapter books after reading the first few pages, but after going back to this I want to read more. It’s a very loving, tender, relatable, and perceptive book that I highly recommend. The author written this book with love. For a while now, I’ve been on a journey discovering myself and this book has really helped me in embracing my sensitivity more and I think others should do the same 💗🫶🏾

[anumacy]

Crying inside

[chronicsymptomsyndrome]

Shoutout to anyone that liked these books as a kid. I hope we’re all healing okay.

[jonathan-cranes-mistress-of-fear]

Man-bat is one of Scarecrow's favorite rogues. This is canon now.

5 Scarier Stories for a Dark Night || Scanned at 300dpi

[therollingquill]

This is one of the exhilaratingly fun stories I have ever had the pleasure of writing and i revisit it often in my mind. Do you love cats? Books? Strange, cat run book worlds under the local library? Check this one out, and I promise you will love it!

The Brothers LeStray: Coley, Gregory: 9798834853275: Amazon.com: Books