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Savannah Arts Academy English teacher creates little library filled with banned books
An idea for everybody living in "banned-book" Red zones:
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Savannah Arts Academy English teacher creates little library filled with banned books
A Savannah Arts Academy English teacher started a GoFundMe page to raise funds to stock his little library with banned books such as Maus.
A Savannah Arts Academy English teacher started a GoFundMe page to raise funds to stock his little library with banned books such as Maus.
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Savannah Arts Academy English teacher creates little library filled with banned books
Bianca Moorman Savannah Morning News
Published 6:01 a.m. ET March 3, 2022 | Updated 8:41 a.m. ET March 3, 2022
Disturbed by the growing call to ban books in public school libraries nationwide and in Chatham County, Savannah Arts Academy English teacher Rich Clifton created a GoFundMe page to stock his own little free blue library with them.
"It's completely a personal decision that I made," he said. "This is my library in my yard. I built it with my money, and I initially stocked it with my books."
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Here are the books Clifton will have in his library.
• "This One Summer" by Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki
• "Persepolis" by Marjane Satrapi
• "Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic" by Alison Bechdel
• "Drama" by Raina Telgemeier
• "Bone: Out of Boneville" by Jeff Smith
• "New Kid" by Jerry Craft
• "Beloved" by Toni Morrison
• "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
• "Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out" by Susan Kuklin
• "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" by Sherman Alexie
• "And Tango Makes Three" by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell
• "Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
• "The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak
• "Captain Underpants and the Terrifying Return of Tippy Tinkletrousers" by Dav Pilkey
• "Captain Underpants and the Preposterous Plight of the Purple Potty People" by Dav Pilkey
• "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Hadden
• "George" by Alex Gino
• "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas
• "Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck
• "Slaughter-House Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
• "Something Happened in our Town: A Child’s Story about Racial Injustice" by Marianne Celano, Mariella Collins and Ann Hazzard
• "The Things They Carried" by Tim O’Brien
• "A Handmaid’s Tale" by Margaret Atwood
• "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson
• "The Color Purple" by Alice Walker
• "Monster Walter" by Dean Myers
• "A Wrinkle in Time" by Madeleine L’Engle
• "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" by Stephen Chbosky
• "Looking for Alaska" by John Greene
• "Me and Earl and the Dying Girl" by Jesse Andrews
• "Nineteen Minutes" by Jodi Picoutt
• "Harry Potter" series (one of each) by J. K. Rowling
Bianca Moorman is the education reporter. Reach her at BMoorman@gannett.com or 912-239-7706. Find her on Twitter @biancarmoorman.
Savannah Arts Academy English teacher creates little library filled with banned books
Bianca Moorman Savannah Morning News
Published 6:01 a.m. ET March 3, 2022 | Updated 8:41 a.m. ET March 3, 2022
Disturbed by the growing call to ban books in public school libraries nationwide and in Chatham County, Savannah Arts Academy English teacher Rich Clifton created a GoFundMe page to stock his own little free blue library with them.
"It's completely a personal decision that I made," he said. "This is my library in my yard. I built it with my money, and I initially stocked it with my books."
{snip}
Here are the books Clifton will have in his library.
• "This One Summer" by Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki
• "Persepolis" by Marjane Satrapi
• "Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic" by Alison Bechdel
• "Drama" by Raina Telgemeier
• "Bone: Out of Boneville" by Jeff Smith
• "New Kid" by Jerry Craft
• "Beloved" by Toni Morrison
• "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
• "Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out" by Susan Kuklin
• "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" by Sherman Alexie
• "And Tango Makes Three" by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell
• "Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
• "The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak
• "Captain Underpants and the Terrifying Return of Tippy Tinkletrousers" by Dav Pilkey
• "Captain Underpants and the Preposterous Plight of the Purple Potty People" by Dav Pilkey
• "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Hadden
• "George" by Alex Gino
• "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas
• "Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck
• "Slaughter-House Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
• "Something Happened in our Town: A Child’s Story about Racial Injustice" by Marianne Celano, Mariella Collins and Ann Hazzard
• "The Things They Carried" by Tim O’Brien
• "A Handmaid’s Tale" by Margaret Atwood
• "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson
• "The Color Purple" by Alice Walker
• "Monster Walter" by Dean Myers
• "A Wrinkle in Time" by Madeleine L’Engle
• "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" by Stephen Chbosky
• "Looking for Alaska" by John Greene
• "Me and Earl and the Dying Girl" by Jesse Andrews
• "Nineteen Minutes" by Jodi Picoutt
• "Harry Potter" series (one of each) by J. K. Rowling
Bianca Moorman is the education reporter. Reach her at BMoorman@gannett.com or 912-239-7706. Find her on Twitter @biancarmoorman.
Banned Books pass through this Little Free Library quite often!
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