Plus, in The Book Pages this week, author Steve Berry says he recommends every book by this novelist.
A Banned Books Week display is at the Mott Haven branch of the New York Public Library in the Bronx borough of New York City on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023. , which kicks off on Sept. 22.
These attempts to block the availability to books and information are counter to the library’s mission, she says. “Go to the library and check out a book. If you can’t go to the library, check one out online. Make sure that you share your love of reading, of literacy, of libraries. Do a shout-out to your favorite librarian. Do a shout-out to your favorite school library. Make a donation if you can, do what you can to help support readership in America, because an educated society is one that we should all want to live in.
“It was the first time we’d been in one. It was amazing that you could sit down and read any one of these books, and it was amazing that you could actually check them out and take them home. I distinctly remember the colorful room where we went to storytime, and I thought it was such an amazing place,” she says. “Even though everything there was different, it was still the same. So back home, our stories lived in our hearts; and in the city, they became alive in our hands as we held the book.
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