Did you know they still ban books from school libraries ? According to the American Library Association (now there’s a really subversive organization if I’ve seen one – those librarians are real radicals) these are the most objected to books of 2007:
- And Tango Makes Three, by Justin Richardson/Peter Parnell
Reasons: Anti-Ethnic, Sexism, Homosexuality, Anti-Family, Religious Viewpoint, Unsuited to Age Group - The Chocolate War, by Robert Cormier
Reasons: Sexually Explicit, Offensive Language, Violence - Olive’s Ocean, by Kevin Henkes
Reasons: Sexually Explicit and Offensive Language - The Golden Compass, by Philip Pullman
Reasons: Religious Viewpoint - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain
Reasons: Racism - The Color Purple, by Alice Walker
Reasons: Homosexuality, Sexually Explicit, Offensive Language, - TTYL, by Lauren Myracle
Reasons: Sexually Explicit, Offensive Language, Unsuited to Age Group - I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, by Maya Angelou
Reasons: Sexually Explicit - It’s Perfectly Normal, by Robie Harris
Reasons: Sex Education, Sexually Explicit - The Perks of Being A Wallflower, by Stephen Chbosky
Reasons: Homosexuality, Sexually Explicit, Offensive Language, Unsuited to Age Group
Somebody needs to call Oprah right away, her friend (and U.S. Poet Laureate) Maya Angelou is on the list.
The top 100 has a good sprinkling of classics including Steinbeck (Of Mice and Men), Salinger (Catcher in the Rye), Walker (The Color Purple), Lee (To Kill a Mockingbird), Huxley (Brave New World) and Vonnegut (Slaughterhouse Five).
And don’t forget the alway dangerous Samuel Clemens (aka: Mark Twain).
The one that really scares me as a parent is Captain Underpants. I have no idea what it’s about but I will not have my children reading about un-mentionables.
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