I Saw Esau by Iona and Peter Opie

What happens when some folklorists gather together all the children's rhymes and have them illustrated by a master children's illustrator?

Banned

#98 on Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books: 2000-2009

2008 - Tennessee - Challenged at Murfreesboro at Cedar Grove Elementary. Challenger stated: "I understand it is a book of poetry, but there is a fine line between poetry, art, and porn, and this book's illustrations are absolutely offensive in every way."

Sources

ALA. "Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books: 2000-2009." Retrieved on 17 Aug 01 from http://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/top-100-bannedchallenged-books-2000-2009 

Doyle, Robert P. Banned Books: Challenging Our Freedom to Read. ALA. 2014.

Opie, Iona and Peter. I Saw Esau. Illustration by Maurice Sendak. Candlewick Press. Cambridge, Mass, 1992.

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