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People sometimes ask me where to get a button that says, "I read banned books." Or a nifty tote bag saying the same (only $12) The recent catalog from the American Library Association offers these, and much more:

These come as posters and bookmarks:
Denzel Washington reading Green Eggs and Ham
Ewan McGregor reading Beatrix Potter: The Complete Tales
Anthony Hopkins reading The Great Gatsby
Alan Rickman reading Catcher in the Rye (one of the perennially banned books)
Orlando Bloom clutching Lord of the Rings (one assumes he has been momentarily so overwhelmed as to need a moment of reflection)
Sasha Cohen gliding over the ice, a copy of The Kite Runner in hand
Keira Knightley holding a copy of Pride and Prejudice
Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman in iconic poses (i.e., soaring above the Earth, perched on a Gotham City skyscraper, relaxing in a romantic wilderness) with anonymous books
and my favorite,
Yo-Yo Ma and his cello reading Goodnight Moon (at least I assume the cello is reading, as it looks quite happy)
and many more...

A T-shirt that says, "Closing books shuts out ideas."

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