As I see it, there are two possible ways to celebrate: 

1. go out and ban some books yourself (which most people don't have the power to do), or
2. go out and read a book someone else is trying to ban.
   The second is a better plan all around, but do let me know if any of you decide to try #1.
   

   Anyway, to get you started, here's the ALA's list of the top 10 most challenged books of this century so far:

   1. Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
      
   2. The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
      
   3. Alice series by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
      
   4. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
      
   5. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
      
   6. Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers
      
   7. It's Perfectly Normal by Robie Harris
      
   8. Scary Stories series by Alvin Schwartz
      
   9. Captain Underpants series by Dav Pilkey
      
   10. Forever by Judy Blume
       

   For myself, I’ve been slowly reading Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone to my five-year-old at bedtimes, off and on, and we did the second half of chapter nine on Saturday (and probably will do part of chapter ten tonight). I'll also encourage my eight-year-old to re-read some of his "Captain Underpants" books, which I'm sure he won't mind...