I am humbled and honored by all of the positive reactions across the country and around the world for my Banned Books Awareness and Reading for Knowledge series about censorship. The comments and the discussions are fun and informative and nothing short of amazing. I’ve even ruffled a few...
Freedom of expression and thought is a fundamental human right, and is so important that it is the first amendment to the United States Constitution, yet there are those who would deny that right because some ideas that are expressed by others are contrary to their personal opinions. The...
This morning, while doing a casual web search for banned books graphics, I came across my own logo for BBARK by surprise. I saw that it was posted by a library, so I interestingly followed the link and discovered that it was for a public library in Ontario, Canada...
Anyone who grew up in the 1990’s knows the meaning behind the question “Where’s Waldo?” The answer, though, might surprise you. That’s because you won’t find him in some public or school libraries in the United States. Where’s Wally? (published in the United States and Canada as Where’s Waldo?)...
Well, I’ve been doing the banned books awareness articles every week since January 3, 2011, and the response from readers all over the world has been amazing and interesting, to say the least. I was invited by the World Education Network to begin doing the series as part of...
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl tells the story of four-year-old James, who lives with his loving parents in a cottage in the south of England. James’ world is turned upside down when his parents are devoured by a rhinoceros that had escaped from the London zoo...
The Perks of Being a Wallflower is written by American novelist Stephen Chbosky, and published in 1999 by MTV. The story is narrated by a teenager who goes by the alias of “Charlie,” who describes various segments of his life through a series of letters to an anonymous person....
The Banned Book Awareness and Reading for Knowledge project has gone global and has partnered with the World Education Network. All articles will soon be posted to that news website as a feature of their Social Change section. World.edu is headquartered in Queensland, Australia, and primarily deals with education articles...
If you grew up in the ’80s like me, many of you probably spent Saturday mornings watching WWF and Hulk Hogan’s Rock ‘n’ Wrestling. You knew every line of Hulk’s trademark theme song and sang along before he pummeled the latest WWF heel. Come on, sing it with me...
Release Source: Deep Forest Productions FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Macomb County Author creates Banned Book Awareness Group WARREN, MI- January 23, 2011- Local author, R. Wolf Baldassarro, has created a national project to bring attention to the importance of reading and the right to the free and open access of...