New Beginnings #21
Thursday Thirteen: 13 Banned Books I've Read

Banned Books Bracelets

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In celebration of Banned Books Week, I purchased two bracelets made by Carolyn Forsman. The stretchy-banded bracelets feature sevearal children's and adult books that have been challened or banned. The kid's bracelet has:
  1. Blubber by Judy Blume (read it way back when ... no idea why it's banned.)
  2. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (also on adult bracelet; read it, loved it!)
  3. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee  (also on adult bracelet; read it before I'm sure, but reading it again now.)
  4. Annie on my Mind by Nancy Garden  (also on adult bracelet; I've never heard of it, but it's on both bracelets, so it must be good.)
  5. In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak (read it, own it, LOVE it!)
  6. Athletic Shorts by Chris Crutcher (another one I've never heard of)
  7. King and King by Linda de Haan and Stern Nijland (again, one I've never heard of
  8. Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey (c'mon, at least the kid's got underpants on unlike Mickey in In the Night Kitchen!)
  9. and two tiles that read: “i read banned books”

And the adult bracelet has:

  1. The Colour Purple by Alice Walker (read it years and years ago)
  2. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain (read it eons ago in high school)
  3. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (see above)
  4. Howl and Other Poems by Allen Ginsberg (have not read, but will look into)
  5. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (see above)
  6. Annie on my Mind by Nancy Garden  (see above)
  7. Go Ask Alice by Anonymous (I read this back in high school, I believe and would read it again now except I loaned it to someone who's apparently not finished with it yet. :-))
  8. and one tile that reads: “I Read Banned Books”

I kinda wish the kid's braclet had only one "i read banned books" tile and included one more banned/challenged book cover. Along the same lines, I wish BOTH braceletes had one or two additional tiles just to make them a little less tight. Still, I love them both and I'm thrilled I got them in time for Banned Books Week!

 

 

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