ABFFE Reissues Harry Potter Flier

To help educate both children and their parents about the importance of free speech, the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression (ABFFE) is inviting booksellers to insert a flier about the efforts to censor books in the Harry Potter series in the new Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, which has an on-sale date of Saturday, July 16.

Originally released in 2003, the flier has been revised and is available for downloading at http://www.abffe.com/HarryPotterBan.pdf. The flier was designed in color and can be downloaded and printed in color or black and white.

From 1999 to 2003, the Harry Potter books were challenged more than any other titles, according to the American Library Association. The ABFFE flier tells the story of a 2002 banning in Arkansas that was successfully challenged in court by two parents. (ABFFE took the lead in organizing national groups in support of their lawsuit.) The flier also invites kids to learn more about censorship by visiting the ABFFE online resource for children's involvement with freedom of expression, kidSPEAK!, www.kidspeakonline.org.