"Banned Books Week"
at the West Islip Public Library

100 Most-Challenged Books

Celebrating the Freedom to Read is observed during the last week of September each year. Observed since 1982, this annual ALA event reminds Americans not to take this precious democratic freedom for granted. This year, 2006, marks Banned Books Week's 25th anniversary ( September 23-30)

Banned Books Week celebrates the freedom to choose or the freedom to express one's opinion even if that opinion might be considered unorthodox or unpopular and stresses the importance of ensuring the availability of those unorthodox or unpopular viewpoints to all who wish to read them. After all, intellectual freedom can exist only where these two essential conditions are met.

Banned Books will be displayed at the West Islip Library for you to browse and/or read. Also take a look at the 100 most frequently challenged books list and see how many you have read. Check the library’s website at www.wipublib.org for the full list.