Banned Ripley's book? Yes, please!
The demand for the banned Ripley’s Believe It or Not books has surprised and delighted the entertainment company.
So far, about 17,500 Floridians requested a copy of a book after Ripley’s announced it was giving them away for free when a school district banned the title, the company said recently.
“Recently, officials in Florida’s Escambia County Public Schools district have plunged into a literary adventure of their own: removing and flagging over 1,600 books for review and potential banning. In a weird plot twist, this includes eight encyclopedias, five dictionaries, and hundreds of reference books — including three of our very own Ripley’s Believe It or Not! titles,” the company said on i...