The St. Francis de Sales Library is home to the Middle and Upper School students at Visitation Academy in St. Louis. During the celebration of Banned Books Week, 9/22-9/26/14, the library held different activities each day complete with prizes. Some of the activities were: “Caught! Reading a Banned Book” (Guess the faculty member hidden behind the challenged book.) “Illustrations” (Guess the book title based on the illustration from the book.) “Challenged” (Match the book title with the reason the book was challenged.) Winners received a “Litograph” ( A tote bag or t-shirt with the text of the book printed on it.)
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