Tag: Banned Books Week

Banned Books Week Giveaway Hop 2015

Thanks to Mary at Bookhounds and Kathy at I Am a Reader for hosting this blog hop.  So as a librarian, my job isn’t to censor what my students read.  Yes I purchase things that I think are appropriate for my students, but other than that, they are allowed to check out anything that we […]

Posted September 26, 2015 by Lisa Mandina in giveaway / 58 Comments

Banned Book Weeks Hop 2014

  Thanks to Kathy at I Am a Reader, and Mary at Bookhounds for hosting this blog hop.  This  year I don’t know that I’m going to get a display up in my library.  You see I had ordered the stuff from ALA for the week, but because of all the red tape and how […]

Posted September 20, 2014 by Lisa Mandina in / 116 Comments

The Friday 56 #3

Third time is a charm, right?  So once again I’m going to participate in The Friday 56, sponsored by Freda’s Voice, this time more based on time constraints.  Here is what you do: Rules:  *Grab a book, any book.*Turn to page 56 or 56% in your eReader *Find any sentence, (or few, just don’t spoil it) that […]

Posted September 27, 2013 by Lisa Mandina in / 11 Comments

Banned Book Weeks Hop 2013

Thanks to Kathy at I Am a Reader, and Mary at Bookhounds for hosting this blog hop.  Since I have a display up for Banned Book Weeks in my library, I felt it would be good to participate in this as well.  Banned Books Week is something the American Library Association (ALA) began to raise […]

Posted September 21, 2013 by Lisa Mandina in / 86 Comments

Banned Books Week Giveaway Hop

As a current teacher, and a librarian wannabe, I am really glad to be participating in this Blog Hop.  I think it is very important that all people get the chance to read what they want.  No one should be able to tell another person what they can or can’t read (except parents and their […]

Posted September 28, 2012 by Lisa Mandina in giveaway / 60 Comments