The BKLYNlibrary campaign provides youth with online access to banned books 📚
Not much has been said about how those in other states free from those restrictions are helping youth in targeted educational environments. But on April 13, the Brooklyn Public Library launched its Books UnBanned campaign: For a “limited time,” 13- to 21-year-olds nationwide can apply for a free one-year BPL e-card, which provides access to 350,000 e-books, 200,000 audiobooks, and over 100 databases.
“It is surprising to think that other schools across the states don’t have the same opportunity as I do to read, share, and analyze the concepts and ideas present in [banned books],” Gabas Yagoub, 16, a member of the Intellectual Freedom Teen Council, tells“Book banning is often off the radar for so many people. The issue isn’t given much attention in states like New York, where we are fortunate to have the opportunity to read all these books,” Gabas says.
Additionally, BPL is adding “frequently challenged books” — a.k.a. books that regularly face bans, such as Toni Morrison’s
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