(UPDATE: The images should be working again. Feel free to use them at your library! I’d love to know if you do! I also removed the dates so you can use them every year.)
Not surprisingly, I’m celebrating Banned Books Week at the library. As it happens, most of my favorite books have been banned at one time or another, so of course I want to publicize this week. Because I believe people should read anything they want to read. Sometimes the more “questionable” materials help us in ways we never expected.
Here are bookmarks I made for the library:
If you’re a librarian, feel free to use them at your library if you’d like. If you’re a parent, please don’t think Junie B Jones is bad. Please.
Lauren Gibaldi 
I once heard Maurice Sendak comment on the controversy surrounding Wild Things. He said, “I knew it wouldn’t frighten children, because it didn’t frighten me!”
Love that.
I just remembered another reason I heard why “Wild Things” was so controversial. Apparently at that time you couldn’t have a child talk back to his/her mother. Which is strange, because who didn’t show their ass to their mom as a child? I know I did!
I was banned for all of the same reasons, except for using bad grammar.
Eee these are so cute, love it.
I’d love to use your bookmarks this year in my school library, but the link appears to be broken. Would you mind e-mailing them to me? I’d really appreciate it!
Oh wonderful! Sure thing – I’ll send it out tomorrow, when i’m at my work computer. Thanks!
Hi Lauren,
I love your bookmarks and was hoping to use them in my library, but the link appears to be broken. Do you mind emailing them to me? I would LOVE it! Planning a banned books display.
Michele
Hi Michele! Thanks for your comment! I’m emailing them to you now. 🙂
Actually, I just tried to email them, and your email address didn’t work for me. If you could shoot me an email (in my contact area), that would be great, and then i’ll send them. Thanks!
I would love to use these but can’t get the link to work. Could you email them please?
YES! I really have to update that link…sorry about it!
I would love to use these but can’t get the link to work. Could you please email them to me?
Hi! I would also love them if you are willing to e-mail them! The link is broken. Thank you!
With Banned Books week coming up, the bookmarks would be perfect! The page doesn’t seem to display the image. Are the bookmarks no longer available?