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• Book Comes Home

  Sanders, Rob, 1958-

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  Book Comes Home tells the story of censorship through the book’s perspective. A beloved book is removed from the shelf and stored behind a locked door. Children rally to bring back the books and by the end, the book is reunited with its readers…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Roar for Reading

  Ferry, Beth,

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  The lions are librarians, and they must find their roar again when books are removed from the library.

• The Day the Books Disappeared

  Ho, Joanna,

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  Arnold didn’t mean to make all books disappear, just the ones he didn’t like. This book is not explicitly about censorship or book banning on the surface, but the freedom of reader’s choice is evident by the end. There is an author’s note about the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• This Book Is Banned

  Haldar, Raj,

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  An interactive picture book that challenges the reader to think about the consequences of removing objects and ideas. Next to the title page, the author includes a note defining what is a banned book in accessible language. While this book is not…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Jacob's Missing Book

  Hoffman, Sarah,

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  Noah is confused about Emily's family, so he asks her--who's Pop and who's Dad? Jacob knows a way to explain, but how can he? The penguin book isn't in the library anymore!

• How This Book Was Made

  Based on a True Story

  Barnett, Mac,

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  Presents the journey of a book's creation, from its initial writing and illustrating to its misadventures with pirates and an angry tiger. This doesn't touch on book banning per se, but adults can lead into the issue by asking, "Who gets to choose…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Giraffe's Book Is Missing a Story

  Ryland, DK,

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  Is your story missing? Maybe you can make it up and tell it yourself!

• My Very Favorite Book in the Whole Wide World

  Mitchell, Malcolm, 1993-

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  What if someone told you that you couldn't read your favorite book - that happens to be a book you wrote yourself!