Re: Banned Books

["Pleasant Valley S.D." <pleasant@ESU.EDU>]

Each year, People For the American Way (a nonpartisan nonprofit public
interest organization  devoted to promoting tolerance and protecting
constitutional liberties) publishes a censorship report entitled _Attacks
on the Freedom to Learn_.

The report is based on year-long research, including mail surveys and
individual interviews with parents, librarians, teachers and school
administrators.  The first part of the report outlines the problem of
censorship and other challenges to public education supplying the major
findings, trends, and conclusions from the year's study. The second part
summarizes individual incidents in the "50-State Report." Appendices
provide lists of most frequently challenged books and authors for the
year and for the last ten years.

To order a copy of _Attacks on the Freedom to Learn_ send $11.95/member
or $13.95/nonmember to:

People For the American Way
2000 M Street NW, Suite 400
Washington, DC 20036

Deborah P. Lowenburg, Librarian
Pleasant Valley School District
Brodheadsville, PA 18322
<pleasant@esu.edu>