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Monday, October 02, 2006

What A Country!

Dangerous Reading?
The 25th annual Banned Books Week in Sept. 23-30. The American Library Association says each book listed below has been pulled from some libraries or schools. You'll be surprised by the list.
BOOK TITLE REASON FOR BANNING
The Adventures of Captain Underpants--Causes unruly behavior.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn---Racist language.
To Kill a Mockingbird------------------ " "
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl--Sexually explicit.
The Handmaid's Tale----------------------" "
The Catcher in the Rye, Garfield: His Nine Lives, and The Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary-----------------------------Offensive Language
Harry Potter (entire series)-------------Occult
Little Red Riding Hood------------------Bottle of Wine in Basket for grandma.
Other books have been banned because of provocative pictures, racist or explicit language or controversial ideas. Some are challenged/removed. More than 8,700 reported challenges made in 1990. Among them, Mother Goose, Freakonomics, The Bible and Fahrenheit 451.

1 comment:

sparkly1 said...

I wonder what books aren't banned that should be???