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Intellectual Freedom Committee

Committee:

Susanne Picchi, Co Chair
Gail Huizinga, Co Chair



Purpose: 

To provide resources concerning reading material censorship in the schools of Illinois, to support IRA's efforts to promote intellectual freedom, to support educators and schools when threatened by censorship issues, and provide, upon request, speakers on the topic of censorship for local council programs. 


Recently Challenged Books in Illinois:


K-5

Tango Makes Three
Olive's Ocean
Bridge to Terabithia
Harry Potter series

9-12

The Kite Runner
19 Minutes
Upstate
Slam
Monster
Whale Talk


6-8

Fablehaven
TTYL
It's Perfectly Normal
Beowulf (graphic novel version)
Stuck in Neutral
House of the Scorpions
The Golden Compass
The Chronicles of Naria series
Shug
A Drowned Maiden's Hair
The Green Glass Sea
Alabama Moon



To find out more about these books and other issues, please visit these helpful websites:

Illinois First Amendment Center Teacher Conference

IFAC Free Classroom Materials

American Library Association

ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom

National Coalition Against Censorship

Censorship and Bookbanning

ALA Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books

Censored Children's Books, California State University

American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression

The Big Band Wolf:  Analyzing Point of View in Text



Illinois Reading Council
an affiliate of the
International Reading Association

For general information, contact us at: irc@illinoisreadingcouncil.org