Title: Book Censorship and Banning of Children's Books
Headings: Kids' Book Censorship: The Who and Why
Kids' Book Censorship: The Who and Why
Why Do People Want to Ban Books?
The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
The Fight Against Book Censorship
Parents Against Bad Books in Schools
What Do You Think?
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Content: The Fight Against Book Censorship
When the Harry Potter books came under attack, a number of organizations joined together to establish Muggles for Harry Potter, which became known as kidSPEAK and focused on being a voice for kids in fighting censorship in general. KidSPEAK stressed, "Kids have First Amendment rights—and kidSPEAK helps kids fight for them!" However, that organization no longer exists. For a good list of organizations that are dedicated to fighting book censorship, just take a look at the list of sponsoring organizations in my article about Banned Books Week. There are more than a dozen sponsors, including the American Library Association, National Council of Teachers of English, American Society of Journalists and Authors and the Association of American Publishers. Parents Against Bad Books in Schools
PABBIS (Parents Against Bad Books in Schools), is just one of a number of parent groups around the country challenging children's and young adult books in classroom teaching, and in school and public libraries. These parents go beyond wanting to restrict access to certain books for their own children; they seek to restrict access for other parents' children as well in one of two ways: either by getting one or more books removed from the library shelves or having access to the books restricted in some way. What Do You Think?