Banned Books Week Read-A-Thon

Discover what's lurking beneath the covers of frequently challenged books.  Learn about the history and significance of Banned Books Week and then listen to a reading from a frequently challenged book.

Each Day of Banned Books Week will feature a reading from a different frequently challenged book.  You can join every day or just for the ones that interest you.  Register here for the Friday, September 27 session, where we will be reading the following picture books:

• Nasreen's Secret School: A True Story from Afghanistan and The Librarian of Basra: A True Story from Iraq written and illustrated by Jeanette Winter
• This Day in June written by Gayle E. Pitman and illustrated by Kristyna Litten
• And Tango Makes Three written by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell and illustrated by Henry Cole  

To register for one of the other days, click on its link below.

• Monday, September 23 - 1984 by George Orwell
• Tuesday, September 24 - Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
• Wednesday, September 25 - Looking for Alaska by John Green
• Thursday, September 26 - The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

Please register with an email address to receive an immediate registration confirmation. You will receive the link to the online class in the confirmation email. If you prefer to call in by phone, please register for the class online and then email askhcls@hclibrary.org to request the dial-in information at least 1 business day in advance.