Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: Animal Tails, Part 3
Alice hangs out with some animals and hears a sad tail then masquerades as a housekeeper and gets stuck in a house.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: Down the Hole, Part 2
Alice falls down the rabbit hole and finds a room of doors and something to drink, just like we all did in college.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, Part 1
We cover Lewis Carroll and Alice falls down a hole into a mysterious world filled with nonsense and math problems.
Banned
1931 - China - Banned because "Animals should not use human language, and that it was disastrous to put animals and human beings on the same level."
Sources
Carroll, Lewis. "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass." Bantam Classic. New York, 2006.
Doyle, Robert P. Banned Books: Challenging Our Freedom to Read. ALA. 2014.
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The Outsiders by SE Hinton
Librarian ST Harker joins the Greasers in their epic battle against the Socs and people who talk in movie theaters with The Outsiders Chapters 1-3.
Banned
#38 100 most frequently challenged books: 1990–1999
1986 - Wisconsin - Challenged at South Milwaukee schools for "drugs and alcohol abuse was common" and "virtually all the characters were from broken homes."
1992 - Iowa - Challenged at Boone School District for smoking, drinking, and excessive violence and obsenties.
2000 - West Virginia - Challenged at George Washington Middle School in Eleanor due to the focus on gangs and gang fights.
Sources
ALA. "100 most frequently challenged books: 1990–1999." Retrieved on 2019 January 7 from http://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/100-most-frequently-challenged-books-1990%E2%80%931999
Doyle, Robert P. Banned Books: Challenging Our Freedom to Read. ALA. 2014.
Hinton, S.E. (1967). The Outsiders. New York: Speak.
Hinton, S.E. "Biography." Retrieved 2019 January 7 from sehinton.com
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Anastasia Krupnik by Lois Lowry
Being ten is so hard, especially when you have to make lists about all the things you hate. Plus there's the cocaine addiction. Maybe?
Banned
#75 on the Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books: 2000-2009
1986 - California - Roosevelt Elementary School's principal in Tulare removed the book but returned it later with the word "shit" whited out
1991 - Kansas - Challenged as offensive in Wichita public schools, it was retained.
1992 - Wisconsin - For profanity and references to underage drinking the book was removed but later returned to Stevens Point Area School elementary recommended reading list.
1998 - South Carolina - Because of "Lowry's use of a vulgarity for human waste, as well as the use of a slang term for sex," the book was removed from the Cayce-West Columbia School District's Congaree Elementary School library.
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.
Lowry, Lois. Anastasia Krupnik. Yearling, 1979.
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Harris and Me by Gary Paulsen
A boy goes to live on a farm with a complete psychopath. But in a fun way.
Banned
#70 on Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books: 2000-2009
1997 - Nevada - Challenged for language but retained at Lander County School District
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.
Paulsen, Gary. Harris and Me. Harcourt Brace and Company. San Diego, 2003.
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The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy kinda saunter into the magical world of Narnia and tear stuff up. It's good to be the Sons of Adam and the Daughters of Eve.
Banned
1990 - Maryland - Challenged in Howard County schools for "graphic violence, mysticism, and gore."
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.
Lanzendorfer, Joy. "16 Facts About The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe." Mental Floss, 2014. Retrieved on January 10, 2018 from http://mentalfloss.com/article/58698/16-facts-about-lion-witch-and-wardrobe
Lewis, C. S. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. HarperEntertainment. New York, 1994.
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The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson
A brat becomes an average kid with a strange family with this week's book.
Banned
#52 on Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books: 2000-2009
1983 - Kansas - Challenged at Lowell Elementary School in Salina for the language "God," "damn," and "hell"
1985 - Minnesota - Challenged at Orchard Lake Elementary School in Burnsville because "the book took the Lord's name in vain" and had "over forty instances of profanity
1988 - Colorado - Challenged at the Jefferson County schools because "Gilly's friends lie and steal, and there are no repercussions. Christians are portrayed as being dumb and stupid."
1991 - Connecticut - Pulled but later restored at four Cheshire elementary school for being "filled with profanity, blasphemy and obscenities, and gutter language."
1992 - Texas - Challenged at Alamo Heights School District for language such as "hell" and "damn"
1993 - Kansas - Challenged at the Walnut Elementary School in Emporia by parents for graphic violence and language
1997 - Nevada - Challenged yet retained for explicit language in the Lander County School District
Sources
ALA. "Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books: 2000-2009." Retrieved January 9, 2018 from http://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/top-100-bannedchallenged-books-2000-2009
Doyle, Robert P. "Banned Books: Challenging Our Freedom to Read." American Library Association, 2014.
"Katherine's Biography." Katherine Paterson's Website. AuthorsOnTheWeb; 2016. Retrieved on December 23, 2017 from http://katherinepaterson.com/biography/
Paterson, Katherine. "The Great Gilly Hopkins." Avon Books, 1978.
The Fighting Ground by Avi
A novel about the Revolutionary War meets a story about librarian spring break gone bad.
Banned
2000 - New Hampshire - Challenged yet retained by a "concerned Christian" as part of the John Fuller School curriculum in Conway
2008 - Florida - Banned from the shelves of Bay District school library in Panama City after a parent complained of profanities by soldiers.
#42 Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books: 2000-2009
Sources
Doyle, Robert P. Banned Books: Challenging Our Freedom To Read. ALA: 2014.
Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books: 2000-2009 http://www.ala.org/bbooks/top-100-bannedchallenged-books-2000-2009
"Dances and Dames" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Blubber by Judy Blume
Bullies abound in Judy Blume's Blubber and on our top ten list of the best bullies in literature.
Banned
#43 on Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books: 2000-2009
1980 - Maryland - Removed from Montgomery County elementary schools
1981 - Arizona - Banned temporarily from Sunizona
1983
Iowa - Challenged in Des Moines schools for "objectionable" subject matter
Ohio - Challenged at Xenia school libraries for undermining "authority since the word 'bitch' is used in connection with a teacher
Texas - Challenged at Smith Elementary School in Del Valle for the words "damn" and "bitch" and showed children cruelly teasing a classmate
1984
Illinois - Banned but later restricted to parental permission at Peoria School District libraries for sexual content. language, and lack of social and literary value
New Jersey - Restricted at Lindenwold elementary school libraries for language
Pennsylvania - Removed from Hanover School District elementary and secondary libraries but later placed on "restricted shelf" at middle school libraries for being "indecent and inappropriate"
Wyoming - Challenged at the Casper school libraries
1985 - Montana - Challenged as profane, immoral and offensive but retained at Bozeman school libraries
1986 - Wisconsin - Challenged at Muskego Elementary school for language and "taunting (of an overweight girl) is never punished for her cruelty"
1991 - Ohio - Challenged at the Perry Township elementry school libraries because "bad is never punished. Good never comes to the fore. Evil is triumphant"
1998 - Alabama - Banned in Clements High School in Athens for language, but was later reversed
1999 - Texas - Removed from an elementary school in Arlington because educators objected to "verbal, physical, and sexual abuse of student upon student"
Sources
Doyle, Robert P. Banned Books: Challenging Our Freedom to Read. "Blume, Judy - Blubber." 2014
Ala Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books: 2000-2009
"Dances and Dames" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/