Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2011 07:33:49 -0700 (PDT)
From: Jennifer Gillis
Subject: This Week at Chatham County Public Libraries
Check out a banned book this week and celebrate Banned Books Week at your local Chatham County Public Library!
This week at Chatham Community Library, Pittsboro
Banned Books Week at Chatham Community Library
This week Chatham Community Library celebrates the importance of first amendment rights and celebrates our right to read what we want. Come see the banned book room and see books that have been challenged or
banned in countries around the world, including the U.S. Some of the titles might surprise you; for example a book for kindergarten-aged children called “A Visit to Cuba†was removed from school library shelves in Miami, Florida after parents complained that it did not accurately portray the horrors of communism. Other books have been challenged or banned for reasons ranging from profanity
to depictions of violence to unflattering portrayals of capitalism. Examples of books that were challenged or banned in 2010-2011 include Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, Snow Falling on Cedars, Water for Elephants, and The Koran. The banned book room is open during normal library hours: M, W, & F 9 a.m. to 6 p.m..; T & Th 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Fri 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and Sat 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Tuesday, September 27Â
9:30 a.m. Infant/Toddler story time with Miss Beth
10:30 a.m. Preschool story time with Miss Beth
7:00 p.m. David Blevins presents “Wild North Carolina”
Photographer David Blevins will present a program of photographs from his recently published book Wild North Carolina: Discovering the Wonders of Our State’s Natural Communities. Blevins and co-author Michael Schafale trekked across North Carolina, capturing in photographs and in words the beauty, significance, and diversity of our state’s natural landscapes and its interconnected webs of plant and animal life. Copies of the book will be available for purchase and a book signing will follow the program. This program is free and open to the public; reservations are not required. For more information contact the library at (919) 545-8084.
Friday, September 30
10:30 a.m. Preschool story time with Miss Beth
Saturday, October 1
10:15 a.m. Doing More with Powerpoint
(pre-registration is required for this workshop, which will be held in the computer lab. Call the reference desk at (919) 545-8086.)
Wren Memorial Library, Siler City
Wednesday, September 28
10:30 a.m. Preschool story time with Miss Beth
Goldston Library, Goldston
Thursday, September 29
10:30 a..m. Preschool story time with Miss Beth
All library programs are free and open to the public and do not require registration except the computer class at Chatham Community Library.