{"product_id":"ideal-bookshelf-1223-banned-books","title":"Ideal Bookshelf 1223: Banned Books","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eHere is a stack of books challenged and\/or banned recently, mostly new but I included a few classics just to remind us all how crazy it is. Personally, I think banning books is just a futile attempt for adults to try to exert control over kids who are trying hard to learn how to be adults and need every bit of data they can get from all sources. And not only is controlling kids’ minds totally wrong AND basically impossible, but if that’s the goal then books are (by far!) the last thing anyone should be attacking (oh hi, social media). Also, this control-seeking is often just a manifestation of irrational hatred for anyone in any way different from the hater.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOn the positive side, books that get banned often get an uptick in sales; in 2022 Art Spiegelman’s classic graphic novel \u003cem\u003eMaus\u003c\/em\u003e was now on Amazon’s bestseller list, 30+ years after publication, thanks to a Tennessee school district banning it for “rough language” and a drawing of a nude woman.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eIn any case, this print makes a great reading list!\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eStarting in September 2024, 5% of the revenue from sales of this print will be donated to \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/pen.org\/\"\u003ePEN America\u003c\/a\u003e, an organization that champions the freedom to read and to write.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFirst offered in April 2022\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArchival pigment ink print on fine art paper\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBased on original paintings by Jane Mount\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBOOKS INCLUDED:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFun Home by Alison Bechdel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLawn Boy by Jonathan Evison\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Outsiders by S. E. Hinton\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOut of Darkness by Ashley Hope Pérez\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe 1619 Project by Nikole Hannah-Jones\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGhost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMe and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrince \u0026amp; Knight by Daniel Haack, Stevie Lewis\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHeavy by Kiese Laymon\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStamped by Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew Kid by Jerry Craft\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGender Queer by Maia Kobabe\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLooking for Alaska by John Green \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFelix Ever After by Kacen Callender\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpeak by Laurie Halse Anderson\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI Am Jazz by Jessica Herthel, Jazz Jennings, Shelagh McNicholas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDear Martin by Nic Stone \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThis Book Is Anti-Racist by Tiffany Jewell, Aurélia Durand\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExtremely Loud \u0026amp; Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSomething Happened in Our Town by Marianne Celano, Marietta Collins, Ann Hazzard \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThis One Summer by Mariko Tamaki, Jillian Tamaki\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBeyond Magenta by Susan Kuklin\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Hate U Give by Angie Thomas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnd Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson, Peter Parnell, Henry Cole\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAll the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHis Dark Materials by Philip Pullman \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSex Is a Funny Word by Cory Silverberg, Fiona Smyth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMelissa by Alex Gino \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAll Boys Aren't Blue by George M. 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