Do Banned Books Help Your Spelling?
Leah Langby
June 6, 2012
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intellectual freedom

Thanks to Hollis Helmecci (Ladysmith) for drawing my attention to this great post from the Office for Intellectual Freedom’s blog.

Several of the biographies of the finalists at the Scripps National Spelling Bee included their favorite book.  Blogger Jonathan Kelley (OIF Program Coordinator) noticed that the resulting list includes quite a few that have been challenged or banned over the years.  Hmmmm….interesting trend!  It might be a fun book display:  The Favorite Books of Spelling Bee Finalists….

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