Banned Books

Check out what THEY don’t want you to read

The American Library Association notes that every year hundreds of attempts are made to remove books from schools and libraries. Here’s a list of popular titles.

 I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou. 921 Angelou

Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel. FIC Auel 

Athletic Shorts by Chris Crutcher. Y Crutcher

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl. J Dahl

Killing Mr. Griffin by Lois Duncan. Y Duncan

The Complete Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. MYS Doyle

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston. FIC Hurston

The Dead Zone by Stephen King. HOR King

A Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Newton Peck. Y Peck

Adventures of Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey. J Pilkey

Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging : Confessions of Georgia Nicolson by Louise Rennison. Y Rennison

How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell. J Rockwell

The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket. J Snicket

The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien. SF Tolkien

Fools Crow by James Welch. FIC Welch

Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder. J Wilder

For more information on book banning and challenges check out these resources:

120 banned books: Censorship Histories of World Literature by  Nicholas J. Karolides, Margaret Bald & Dawn B. Sova.  363.61 Karolides

Banned in the U.S.A.: A Reference Guide to Book Censorship in Schools and Public Libraries by Herbert N. Foerstel. 363.31 Foerstel

Bookbanning in America: Who Bans Books?--And Why? by William Noble. 098.1 N63bo

Websites

The American Library Association’s Banned Books Week Site: http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/bannedbooksweek/bannedbooksweek.htm

Google Book Search: http://books.google.com/googlebooks/banned/

The Forbidden Library: http://title.forbiddenlibrary.com/