We sometimes assume that the banning of books is a thing of the past.  Of course, that assumption is wrong.  Somewhere, someplace a book is being banned. The American Library Association has compiled a list of the most frequently banned books in the last ten years.  Click on the link.  You may be surprised to discover your favorite book on that list.

Lists of banned books have been part of society ever since books could be printed on a large scale.  However, there have been times when the banning of books was not enough for a particular group.  The books themselves had to be burned!  Do you consider the burning of books to be worse than the banning of books?  Why?