Banned Books Week Quote from ASCD Inservice Blog
“Banning books is so utterly hopeless and futile. Ideas don’t die because a book is forbidden reading.”- Gretchen Knief, librarian, protesting a proposed 1939 ban against The Grapes of Wrath
Found on the ASCD Inservice blog. Visit the blog to leave a comment about your school’s stance on controversial books.
October 4th, 2008 at 1:29 pm
[…] School Library Media Activities Monthly carries this simple quote: “Banning books is so utterly hopeless and futile.