Book design

Banning books is a highly debated controversy. One book that is often being discussed is “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer”. Parents and teachers alike are concerned that the extreme themes will rub off on their children and provide their children with bad role models. Though “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” has bad language and racism, it is rich in vocabulary and other literary devices and should be taught in middle schools and high schools. Even though it has extreme themes, this particular book…

Many popular books have been banned throughout time. The reasons vary but usually include the explicitness of the topics or language within the books. Controversy is all around us and books are not excluded from it. Many states, schools and communities rise up to get books banned. The intentions in doing this may come from a good place but is questionable whether it is truly necessary. Available research can demonstrate whether it is or not. Due to the lessons they teach, viewpoints they…

Delotell’s Class Out of all the books I've read this year I've only found one that I truly liked. Don't get me wrong choice reading is still better than having to read a book that a teacher assigned. It always felt as if I chose wrong or I couldn't remember what was happening in my book because we had the class book along with our personal book. I think I found it easier to get back on track when I got distracted. I found it entertaining. Many of the other books just did not have the same…

Banning Books has always been a touchy subject. Many people have so many different religions and believes that it is hard to follow what is acceptable anymore. Banning books is a form of censorship that schools use to stop students from reading inappropriate content found inside literature (). It can be found all over the world, from the west coast of North America to Japan (). From the problem of banning books, to the reasons of why it happens, and how we could stop this, banning books is a…

There are a lot of books banned from the United States ( over 300 to be exact), but no one knows how many times a certain book or book have been challenged against the American Library Association. 11,300 times a certain book has been challenged and those challenged books were soon censored and banned. Censorship is any prohibition of any book that seems inappropriate or promote violence or a threat to children of age. So books have been banned that contain anything that could provoke their…

think I should tell you that I have ADD, mild/moderate dyslexia (hence a few grammatical and spelling errors), and social anxiety, which is half the reason I go to Hogwarts online. I tried actually going for a few weeks but I ended up destroying a book from the Restricted Section by doodling in the margins and nearly had a panic attack once I realized what I had done. It didn't go well. I was born in 1100 BC in Greece (making me 3,113 years old), along with my little sister Emmalisanine Keres…

The Influence of Literature Banning books for specific ages should be supported to prevent youths from being exposed to harmful content. The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd, as well as other sources, include several incidents that impact both children and adolescents in a negative way. Reducing the amount of literature that is available for young aged children can positively influence their behavior in any situation. Although The Secret Life of Bees exhibits the freedom of speech and tools…

(PDA) of electronic resources to develop relevant, “just-in-time” collections. (Dahl, 2012) The practice of PDA allows patrons to select physical or electronic materials for their library’s catalog. In the case of ebooks, a vendor such as Dawson Books,…

I am proud to announce that Reading Chapter has successfully thrown their first “Be Different” event. In order to explain the event, we all need some backstory. For a couple of terms “Dad” Dan Loughin has challenged Reading Chapter that if they can make positive growth, he will allow the members of the chapter who were first line signers to shave his head. Reading has been desperately trying to reach this goal for a while, but have unfortunately come short every time. However, this term was a…

Believed to have been published in Amsterdam in 1642, is the work of Flemish cartographer and engraver Hendrik Hondius. Hondius was apprenticed to Godfried van Ghelder in Brussels, studied drawing with the engraver Jan Wierix of Antwerp, and he also studied engraving along the way, to which he dedicated himself as a practice. In 1599, he became the first publisher to be granted a national privilege by the States General of the Netherlands, allowing protection against the circulation of…