Where The Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
A child gets sent to bed without dinner and in the throes of hunger pains experiences vivid hallucinations of wild things and voyages.
Banned
Banned for being "too dark" and for supernatural themes.
Most accounts are vague, but American Southern libraries and schools seem to be the initial place of the book being challenged.
Child psychologist Bruno Bettelheim criticized the book in the March 1969 edition of Ladies Home Journal, although in the same column admitted to not being familiar with the book.
Sources
Shafer, Jack. “Maurice Sendak’s Thin Skin.” The Slate. Original publication October 15, 2009. Retrieved September 25, 2018 from https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2009/10/where-the-wild-things-are-author-maurice-sendak-can-t-stoppositioning-himself-as-bruno-bettelheim-s-victim.html
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