Book of Jonah

always in awe when teachers come to me and ask for books that deal with social topics for use in their classrooms. It seems a book is their first “go to” when addressing difficult issues. I quickly learned to search for books that dealt with topics that would help children cope with the challenges and difficulties of life to add to our collection. I believe it is our job to guide teachers, counselors and other school personnel in identifying books that will help students in certain situations.…

For my essay I met with Peter Alter, a historian and the archivist at the Chicago History Museum (CHM) since 2010. Peter was exceptionally helpful and patient in answering all of my questions. The archives at the CHM house many important collections relating to life in the Chicago region that go back as far as 1683. Having used their research center, I have always been impressed at how user-friendly their searchable database is, and how quickly they are able to locate the folders requested…

The book that i’m reading is The Power of Un which is by Nancy Etchemendy so far I have not liked my book it’s not hard or a challenge and that’s why I don’t like it because I liked to be challenged in a new book. But the story is getting better right now Roxy was just hit by a truck and she is in the hospital with a coma. So far in my book Ash and Gib swore on a dead sparrow that they would go to this carnival so they go to the carnival and they took Gibs sister Roxy along with Ash. Roxy went…

The controversy of book censorship has been around in America since the beginning of American colonization. Whether a person opposes book censorship or is for it, there is always something being stirred up. The list is already long and still growing. It consists of literature like Of Mice and Men, for its offensive language, racism, and violence, or The Outsiders, for its anti-religious content plus many, many more books for similar and completely different reasons. Best-Sellers and might I say…

Banned Book Should people be allowed to rate a book because they feel it is not appropriate for a certain age group? Whether it goes against your religion , view of violence, drugs and deaths, the book has the right to be sold and read by the people around the world. The book should save a section of the book that warn the reader of which ages that will be able to handle it. But nobody should be able to censor a book because it takes away freedom of speech. Religion is one of the top reasons…

A school’s library is full of wonders books and contains much knowledge for children and adults, but they can also be a doorway to a new beginning. In a small town called Cherryville there’s a small school named Cherryville Elementary School. This school has the biggest school library in the world, but of course it’s the most peculiar. On a dark drank and dreary day an exhausted teacher was in the library taking a break from his disrespectful students. He was awfully tired and ready to go on a…

As a boy, my mother introduced me to a variety of things to read such as poems, short stories and novels. Whether I was being read to as a bedtime story or just for entertainment, I always enjoyed all of the different stories and characters. However, I did not exactly maintain a love for reading because I was forced to read novels like: Sherlock Holmes, Pride and Prejudice, Moby Dick and The Stranger. Surprisingly, I did enjoy reading Life of Pi because I thought it was a good story and very…

Introduction Hook Books have been banned throughout the world for centuries, but why? Bridge For years, books have been banned to make people think in certain ways, or to keep them ignorant about what really goes on in the world to control them and put them in boxes. As long as there have been books, there have been banned books to keep people in line or various other reasons. For example, religions ban books because they were offended by the language or topic, but this is detrimental to their…

H. School District (2010) after a parent complained about the book's sexual content, violence but still an amazing story in my own opinion. This book is an epic love story between a man named Jacob Jankowski, woman named Marlena, and Marlena's husband August who is a cruel man, and a beautiful elephants named Rosie, but why would such a amazing book be banned? I ask the same question. The sexule content between Marlena, and Jacob is pretty wild. The first kiss between Marlena…

Why are books banned? Why are books banned or challenged? There are many ways a book can be challenged or banned. A book can be banned or challenged by violence or negativity which means that books that include violence are censored. Some books have been deemed for negative or depressing features. As well as being banned by the profanity, racial issues. By examining the book “Night” by Elie Wiesel, and reading over the racial issues and the work of violence that is implemented into this book, I…