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ABFFE auction

Members of CBIG have contributed to ABFFE's on-line auction of children's book illustrations in support of Kids Right To Read.   CLICK HERE to be taken to the auction. The Kids Right To Read Program  is  co-sponsored by   ABC Children’s Group  of the  American Booksellers Association   and  American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression (ABFFE)  with the National Association Against Censorship. The on-line auction  open to the public click  HERE   (opens:  at noon, June 2, 2014 and closes , June 9, 2014 at noon) ,   and there will be a holiday auction in the fall. For more information visit the web sites highlighted .   Examples of books that have been banned or challenged effecting availability: To Kill A Mockingbird  by Harper Lee;  Brave New World  by Aldous Huxley;  Angels in America  by Tony Kushner,  Harry Potter  by J.K. Rowling. Click  HERE  to see more books, many considered literary classics and important portrayals of American history. Contributin