This time on The Children’s Hour, our summer interns Julia Wolfe and Sophie Anderson-Haynie have co-written and produced a program about Banned Books. They teach us what that means, the history of banning books, and how it’s even possible in the era of digital reading, and with the First Amendment right to free speech. This episode comes with a new learning guide.

We explore banned books on this episode of The Children’s Hour. What is a banned book? Who decides which books are to be banned, and from where are they banned? When a book is banned, is it still possible to read it?

Our interns have researched and explored banned books. We even hear a portion of a banned book read by its author, and hear a book review about a book that has the topic of banned books as part of the storyline. 

This show was produced by our Executive Producer, Katie Stone, with help from Christina Stella, 2022 Summer Interns Julia Wolfe & Sophie Anderson-Haynie, Sarah Gabrielli, McKenzie Graunke, and Thaniel Lentz. Amber Shiel writes our learning guides. Banned Books was recorded at the Sunspot Solar Studio in Albuquerque, New Mexico. 

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