Skippyjon Jones series by Judy Schachner
A small cat decides he is a Mexican superhero and kills a bumblebee.
Banned
#8 on Top 11 Most Challenged Books of 2018 - Challenged for depicting stereotypes of Mexican culture
Sources
American Library Association. "Top 11 Most Challenged Books." State of America's Libraries Report 2019. American Libraries, 2019. Retrieved November 2018, 2020 from http://www.ala.org/news/state-americas-libraries-report-2019
Diaz, Ellie. "Responses from Authors of the Top 11 Most Challenged Books." Intellectual Freedom Blog. American Library Association; April 10, 2019. retrieved November 13, 2020 from https://www.oif.ala.org/oif/?p=17501
Gomez, Betsy. "American Library Association Names Top 11 Challenged Books of 2018." Banned Books Week. American Library Association: 2020. Retrieved November 11, 2020 from https://bannedbooksweek.org/american-library-association-names-top-11-challenged-books-of-2018/
Kirkus Reviews. "Skippyjon Jones Class Action." Kirkus Media, Inc. 2020. Retrieved November 18, 2020 from https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/judy-schachner/skippyjon-jones-class-action/
Senta, Amy and James Trier (ed.) "Juan Skippy: A Critical Detournement of Skippyjon Jones." Detournement as Pedagogical Praxis. SensePublishers, 2014. Retrieved November 18, 2020 from https://books.google.com/books?id=kOWCBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA55#v=onepage&q&f=false
Schwartz, Sarah. "This Banned Books Week, Stories With LGBTQ Themes Dominate the Most-Challenged List." Education Week, 2019. Retrieved November 18, 2020 from https://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/teaching_now/2019/09/banned_books_week.html
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