National Banned Books Week!

[JenniferL]

I always find it very interesting which books get banned. Some are easy to see why they got banned (The New Joy of Gay Sex comes to mind. I personally don't have a problem with it, but I can see it bothering people). Others, its harder to see why they got banned (Halloween ABC, anyone?)

 

So how many of these have you read?

 

1. Scary Stories (Series) by Alvin Schwartz

2. Daddy's Roommate by Michael Willhoite

3. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

4. The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier

5. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

6. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

7. Harry Potter (Series) by J.K. Rowling

8. Forever by Judy Blume

9. Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson

10. Alice (Series) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

11. Heather Has Two Mommies by Leslea Newman

12. My Brother Sam is Dead by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier

13. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

14. The Giver by Lois Lowry

15. It's Perfectly Normal by Robie Harris

16. Goosebumps (Series) by R.L. Stine

17. A Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Newton Peck

18. The Color Purple by Alice Walker

19. Sex by Madonna

20. Earth's Children (Series) by Jean M. Auel

21. The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson

22. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle

23. Go Ask Alice by Anonymous

24. Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers

25. In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak

26. The Stupids (Series) by Harry Allard

27. The Witches by Roald Dahl

28. The New Joy of Gay Sex by Charles Silverstein

29. Anastasia Krupnik (Series) by Lois Lowry

30. The Goats by Brock Cole

31. Kaffir Boy by Mark Mathabane

32. Blubber by Judy Blume

33. Killing Mr. Griffin by Lois Duncan

34. Halloween ABC by Eve Merriam

35. We All Fall Down by Robert Cormier

36. Final Exit by Derek Humphry

37. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

38. Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George

39. The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

40. What's Happening to my Body? Book for Girls: A Growing-Up Guide for Parents & Daughters by Lynda Madaras

41. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

42. Beloved by Toni Morrison

43. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton

44. The Pigman by Paul Zindel

45. Bumps in the Night by Harry Allard

46. Deenie by Judy Blume

47. Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes

48. Annie on my Mind by Nancy Garden

49. The Boy Who Lost His Face by Louis Sachar

50. Cross Your Fingers, Spit in Your Hat by Alvin Schwartz

51. A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein

52. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

53. Sleeping Beauty Trilogy by A.N. Roquelaure (Anne Rice)

54. Asking About Sex and Growing Up by Joanna Cole

55. Cujo by Stephen King

56. James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl

57. The Anarchist Cookbook by William Powell

58. Boys and Sex by Wardell Pomeroy

59. Ordinary People by Judith Guest

60. American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis

61. What's Happening to my Body? Book for Boys: A Growing-Up Guide for Parents & Sons by Lynda Madaras

62. Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume

63. Crazy Lady by Jane Conly

64. Athletic Shorts by Chris Crutcher

65. Fade by Robert Cormier

66. Guess What? by Mem Fox

67. The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende

68. The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline Cooney

69. Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut

70. Lord of the Flies by William Golding

71. Native Son by Richard Wright

72. Women on Top: How Real Life Has Changed Women's Fantasies by Nancy Friday

73. Curses, Hexes and Spells by Daniel Cohen

74. Jack by A.M. Homes

75. Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo A. Anaya

76. Where Did I Come From? by Peter Mayle

77. Carrie by Stephen King

78. Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume

79. On My Honor by Marion Dane Bauer

80. Arizona Kid by Ron Koertge

81. Family Secrets by Norma Klein

82. Mommy Laid An Egg by Babette Cole

83. The Dead Zone by Stephen King

84. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain

85. Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison

86. Always Running by Luis Rodriguez

87. Private Parts by Howard Stern

88. Where's Waldo? by Martin Hanford

89. Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene

90. Little Black Sambo by Helen Bannerman

91. Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett

92. Running Loose by Chris Crutcher

93. Sex Education by Jenny Davis

94. The Drowning of Stephen Jones by Bette Greene

95. Girls and Sex by Wardell Pomeroy

96. How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell

97. View from the Cherry Tree by Willo Davis Roberts

98. The Headless Cupid by Zilpha Keatley Snyder

99. The Terrorist by Caroline Cooney

100. Jump Ship to Freedom by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier

[StaffMaster]

Where are all these books banned??

 

:shock: And is that Where's Waldo the picture book????

[MsDanya]

why is Witches by Roald Dahl banned??? :?

 

and I have read umm, 6 or seven of those. but planned toread a couple of the otehrs jsut never got to it.

 

I dont think books get banned in Norway :?

[JenniferL]

I got this list from the American Library Association. So these are all books that have been banned in various parts of the United States.

 

The Where's Waldo books frequently feature cartoon nudity.

[Harmony]

I've read six or seven...

[StaffMaster]

Hmmm, never noticed nudity...must have been too busy looking for Waldo.

[JenniferL]

According to Wikipedia, The Witches is usually challenged for "language".

[Jhaenara]

I don't know what "Witches" is about, but it'd make me think of religion for some people. Example being one of my sister-in-laws will not let her boys read "Harry Potter" because it's ALL ABOUT WORSHIPPING THE DEBIL!!1!1!1oneone!!

[MsDanya]

haha, Withces is a childrensbook.

 

its about a boy that meets the high Witch, and is turned into a mouse.

 

but I guess not everyone likes to hear about witches boiling children, even if its jsut a book.

[StaffMaster]

:shock:

 

I've Read 37 of those. Wow....didn't realize so many were banned....heck, most of them I read for High School!

[F Horn of Valere]

waldo DOES have someone nude in the beach scene (forgot what page though... hehe), but thats IT in the series!

[Demandred Valerius]

of mice and men! wtf... that was a greeat book.....

 

i did that in grade 10 .... im suprised brave new worlds not in there... now that was a pshycotic book....

[Zardi]

I've only read 14 of those (counting HP as only 1 item). It appears I need to be more rebellious. I'm really surprised that 1984 and Fahrenheit 451 aren't on that list, though. They seem the sort that censorship fanatics would be eager to see disappear.

 

It's interesting how many of those books are children's books. People need to let kids think for themselves for a change, lest they turn into robots later in life. Although, there are those who think a society of robots is desirable :P

[Elyssa]

ummm Horn why would you know which scene had nudity in it in the Waldo books? *walks off muttering about her warder and waldo*

[Dwynwen]

Wow, I've read a lot of those...and as Staffy said, many were for school.

 

I read almost all the Judy Blume ones listed. Why would she be banned? I loved her books as a kid.

[BenTGaidin]

I've read 33 of them... And why on _earth_ would someone ban "In the Night Kitchen"? It's a boy who dreams about going off into the sky and meeting the giant bakers who make bread each morning.

[Jaydena]

What, I have read like 14 or 15 of those and those don't deserve to get banned. *growls*

[Harmony]

i did that in grade 10 .... im suprised brave new worlds not in there... now that was a pshycotic book....

 

It is in there. Number 52, I do believe. :D

 

In Quick Recall last year (yes, I'm a nerd...), the book they asked the most questions on was Brave New World. None of our people had read it... Which reminds me... I need to read Death of a Salesman for QR this year.

[Guest Majsju]

Mark Twain???

 

Those are kids books as well, don't the people banning books want kids to read?

[JenniferL]

Reading is fine. Its the topics they are concerned with.

[Maria]

*sighs* Oh people. *shakes head*

 

This is really really sad. I mean, I can see how some of these get banned, but the whole concept of banning books just make me angry. I mean, there are books out there that I would never read, but really, shouldn't people be allowed to make that decision for themselves? Free speech, anyone?

[Kiara]

I've read 26, most of those for school.

 

I can see the Sleeping Beauty trilogy, or even Killing Mr Griffin... And Beloved was certainly weird. But Bridge to Terabithia? The Headless Cupid? Shel Silverstein?!? :shock:

[Guest Majsju]

Bit odd to see writers like Twain and Roar Dahl, but not Bukowski or Burgess.

[Elyssa]

Mia people do have a choice in what they read it's the kids in school that don't get that choice. These are usually books that are required reading and now a days everything is frowned upon just about

[BenTGaidin]

Mia people do have a choice in what they read it's the kids in school that don't get that choice. These are usually books that are required reading and now a days everything is frowned upon just about

 

I'd also add that it happens more with children's books because parents freak out more when they find a book they don't like in the school library, as opposed to the larger public city libraries.

 

For example, a school here in Florida recently banned a book called "Vamos a Cuba" (Let's Go To Cuba), because a parent complained that it painted a false picture of life Cuba. (A federal judge ended up telling the school that it couldn't do that.) You can see a story about it here:

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-book25jul25,1,7531237.story?coll=la-headlines-nation