Celebrate Literacy Month - Read a Banned Book!

Celebrate Rotary Literacy Month and your freedom to read by reading a Banned Book! The following books have been challenged or banned in both Canada and the United States:

The Harry Potter Series by J.K Rowling

The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman

Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl

And Tango Makes Three by Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson

The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier

The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriett Beecher Stowe

The Lorax by Dr. Seuss

The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown

1984 by George Orwell

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes

Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

March is Literacy Month

How is your Rotary Club celebrating Literary Month?

Here are a few ideas for Clubs passionate about literacy:

• Create Awareness 
• Schedule a speaker on a literacy topic for a regular meeting.
• Present a literacy award or recognition at a regular meeting.  Recognize teachers, librarians or civic leaders who promote the literacy within your community.
• Sponsor a newspaper radio or TV advertisement or billboard about Rotary's work with literacy.
• Undertake a literacy project (This blog is filled with ideas).
• Recruit a new member who is passionate about literacy.
• Qualify for the District Literacy Award – 5 literacy activities required or the Zone Literacy Award - 10 literacy activities.
• Initiate the club’s literacy project planning process for 2012-2013 
• Celebrate the club’s literacy project successes during 2011-2012

Fight Evil - Read a Book.