Books Listed by Title
The details listed below are excerpts taken from the Banned
Books Resource Guide by the American Library Association, and Ready
Reference Censorship, Copyright 1997, Salem Press (ed.
Lawrence Amey et al.). In some cases, my own pithy comments have
been added.
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1984
1984 . George Orwell. Harcourt. Challenged in the Jackson County, Fla. (1981) because the
novel is "pro-communist and contained explicit sexual matter." Big
Brother doesn't want people reading such things. (Purchase)
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Mark Twain [Samuel L.
Clemens]. Airmont; And/Or Press; Bantam; Grosset; Longman; NAL;
Pocket Bks. Excluded from the childrens' room
in the Brooklyn, N.Y. Public Library (1876) and the Denver, Colo.
Public Library (1876). Confiscated at the USSR border (1930).
Removed from the seventh grade curriculum in the West Chester, Pa.
schools (1994) after parents complained that it is too full of
racially charged language. The Adventures of Huckleberry
Finn is a more popular target of censorship, but personally I
find this one more entertaining. (Purchase Tom Sawyer) (Purchase Huckleberry Finn)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Lewis Carroll. Ace;
Bantam; Crown; Delacorte; Dover; NAL; Norton; Penguin; Random; St.
Martin. Banned in China (1931) for portraying
animals and humans on the same level, "Animals should not use human
language." (Purchase)
Analects. Confucius. Dover; Random. The first ruler of the Chin Dynasty ordered all books
relating to the teachings of Confucius burned. Oh, and he had
hundreds of followers of Confucius buried alive (250 BC).
(Purchase)
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl. Anne Frank. Modern
Library. Challenged in Wise County, Va.
(1982) due to "sexually offensive" passages. Four members of the
Alabama State Textbook Committee (1983) called for the rejection of
this book because it is a "real downer." (Purchase)
Arabian Nights or The Thousand and One Nights.
Anonymous. U.S. Customs held up 500 sets of
the translation by the French scholar Mardrus, which were imported
from England (1927-31). It was confiscated in Cairo, Egypt (1985),
on the grounds that it contained obscene passages which posed a
threat to the country's moral fabric. It was judged inappropriate
for Jewish pupils by the Israeli director of the British Consul
Library in Jerusalem, Israel (1985). Nice to see that the Arabs and
Israelis can agree, after all. (Purchase)
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Beloved. Toni Morrison. Knopf; NAL. Challenged at the St. Johns County Schools in St.
Augustine, Fla. (1995). Challenged by a member of the Madawaska,
Maine School Committee (1997) because of the book's language. This
1987 Pulitzer Prize winning novel has been required reading for the
advanced placement English class for six years. (Purchase)
The Bible. William Tyndale, who
partially completed translating the Bible into English, was
captured, strangled, and burned at the stake (1536) by opponents of
the movement to translate the bible into the vernacular. Beginning
around 1830, "family friendly" bibles, including Noah Webster's
version (1833) began to appear which had excised passages
considered to be indelicate. (Purchase the King James version) (Purchase the Revised Standard Catholic
version)
Brave New World. Aldous Huxley. Harper.
Banned in Ireland (1932). Removed from
classroom in Miller, Mo. (1980). Challenged at the Yukon,
Okla. High School (1988); challenged as required reading in
the Corona-Norco, Calif. Unified School District (1993)
because the book "centered around negative activity." (Purchase)
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. Dee Brown. Holt.
Removed in Wild Rose, Wis. (1974) by a
district administrator for being "slanted." The administrator also
said "if there's a possibility that something might be
controversial, then why not eliminate it." (Purchase)
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The Call of the Wild. Jack London. Ace; Bantam; Grosset;
Macmillan; NAL; Penguin; Pocket Bks.; Raintree; Tempo.
Banned in Italy (1929), Yugoslavia
(1929), and burned in Nazi bonfires (1932). Who knew Nazis
didn't like sled dogs? (Purchase)
Canterbury Tales. Geoffrey Chaucer. Bantam;
Bobbs-Merrill; Doubleday; Penguin; Raintree Pubs.; NAL; Univ. of
Okla. Pr. People have long been squeamish
with this one...It was subjected to revisions as 1928, and editions
today tend to avoid four letter words. It was removed from a senior
college preparatory literature course at the Eureka, Ill. High
School (1995) for sexual content. I believe Chaucer would be
amused. (Purchase The Riverside Chaucer, complete
and untranslated) (Purchase The Canterbury Tales
translated)
Catcher in the Rye. J.D. Salinger. Published in 1951, this immediate best seller almost
simultaneously became a popular target of censorship. A 1991-92
study by the People for the American Way found that the novel was
among those most likely to be censored based on the fact that it is
"anti-Christian." Challenged by Concerned Citizens of Florida who
wanted the book removed from a high school library (1991) in
Leesburg, Florida due to "profanity, reference to suicide,
vulgarity, disrespect, and anti-Christian sentiments." They were
unsucessful: a review committee voted unanimously to retain the
book. (Purchase)
The Celluloid Closet: Homosexuality in the Movies. Vito
Russo. Harper. Challenged at the Deschutes
County Library in Bend, Oreg. (1993) because it "encourages and
condones" homosexuality. (Purchase)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Roald Dahl. Bantam;
Knopf; Penguin. Removed from a locked
reference collection at the Boulder, Colo. Public Library (1988),
where it had been placed because the librarian thought the book
espoused a poor philosophy of life. (Purchase)
Clan of the Cave Bear. Jean Auel. Coronet.
Challenged at the Berrien Springs,
Mich. High School for its use in classrooms and libraries
(1988), Banned from the Cascade Middle School library in
Eugene, Oreg. (1992), Challenged, but retained on the
Moorpark High School recommended reading list in Simi Valley,
Calif. (1993), despite objections that it contains "hardcore
graphic sexual content." (Purchase)
The Color Purple. Alice Walker. Harcourt.
Challenged as appropriate reading
material for an Oakland, Calif. High School honors class
(1984) due to the work's "sexual and social explicitness" and
its "troubling ideas about race relations, man's relationship
to God, African history, and human sexuality." This Pulitzer
Prize-winning novel was finally approved for use by the
Oakland Board of Education after nine months of debate.
Banned in the Souderton, Pa. Area School District (1992) as
appropriate reading for tenth graders because it is
"smut."Removed from the Jackson County, W.Va. school
libraries (1997) along with sixteen other titles. (Purchase)
The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm. Jacob and
Wilhelm K. Grimm. Translated by Jack Zipes. Bantam.
Restricted to sixth through eighth
grade classrooms at the Kyrene, Ariz. elementary schools
(1994) due to its excessive violence, negative protrayals of
female characters, and anti-Semitic references. (Purchase)
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Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems. Galilei
Galileo. Univ. of California Pr. Banned by
Pope Urban VIII for heresy and breach of good faith (1633). The
more things change, the more they stay the same... (Purchase)
Different Seasons. Stephen King. NAL. Removed from the West Lyon Community School library in
Larchwood, Iowa (1987) because "it does not meet the standards of
the community." Removed from the Washington Middle School library
in Meriden, Conn. (1989) after a parental complaint. Challenged at
the Eagan High School in Burnsville, Minn. (1992). This collection
of novellas, which include the stories on which the acclaimed
movies Stand by Me and The Shawshank Redemption were
based, is some of King's best writing. (Purchase)
A Doll's House. Henrik Ibsen. Penguin. Four members of the Alabama State Textbook Committe
(1983)--presumably the same who objected to The Diary of Anne
Frank --called for the rejection of this work because it
propagates feminist views. (Purchase)
Don Quixote. Saavedra Miguel de Cervantes. Methuen; NAL;
Norton; Random. Placed on the Index in Madrid
for the sentence, "Works of charity negligently performed are of no
worth." (Purchase)
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Earth Science. American Book. Challenged at the Plymouth-Canton school system in
Canton, Mich. (1987) because it "teaches the theory of evolution
exclusively. It completely avoids any mention of Creationism...The
evolutionary propaganda also underminds {sic} the parental guidance
and teaching the children are receiving at home and from the
pulpits." I guess their homes and pulpits didn't teach them how to
spell "undermine."
The Egypt Game. Zilpha Keatley Snyder. Dell; Macmillan.
This award-winning novel was challenged in
the Richardson, Tex. schools (1995) because it shows children in
dangerous situations, condones tresspassing and lying to parents
and ostensibly teaches about the occult. The school board declined
to ban this book, but did decide that parents should be notified
when it is used in class. (Purchase)
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Fahrenheit 451. Ray Bradbury. Ballentine.
Ironically, students at the Venado
Middle School in Irvine, Calif. received copies of the book
with scores of words--mostly "hells" and "damns"--blacked
out. The novel is about book burning and censorship.
Thankfully, after receiving complaints from parents and being
contacted by reporters, school officials said the censored
copies would no longer be used (1992).(Purchase)
The Figure in the Shadows. John Bellairs. Dell.
Restricted at the Dysart Unified School
District libraries in El Mirage, Ariz. (1990) because of two uses
of profanity and because of its link to magic. This book is
terrific for middle school readers. It is the second book in a
series which starts with The House With a Clock in its
Walls. (Purchase Figure) (Purchase House)
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Gone with the Wind. Margaret Mitchell. Avon; Macmillan.
This Pulitzer Prize winning novel was banned
from the Anaheim, Calif. Union High School District English
classrooms (1978). The novel was challenged in the Waukegan, Ill.
School District (1984) because it uses the word "nigger."
(Purchase)
Grapes of Wrath. John Steinbeck. Penguin; Viking.
Burned by the St. Louis, Mo. Public Library
(1939) on the grounds that "vulgar words" were used. Banned in
Kansas City, Mo. (1939); Kern County, Calif., the scene of
Steinbeck's novel, (1939); Ireland (1953); Kanawha, Iowa High
School classes (1980); and Morris, Manitoba (1982). Challenged in
the Greenville, S.C. schools (1991) because the book uses the name
of God and Jesus in a "vain and profane manner along with
inappropriate sexual references." I liked the turtle. (Purchase)
The Graphic Work of M.C. Escher. M.C. Escher.
Pan/Ballentine. Retained after being
challenged at Maldonado Elementary School in Tucson, Ariz. (1994)
for "pornographic", "perverted", and "morbid" themes. I guess they
think good art should match your sofa.
Grendel. John C. Gardner. Knopf. This book has been challenged quite a lot, which may
explain why the Grendel books my 11th grade English teacher
ordered never arrived...Most recently challenged, but retained, on
high school reading lists in Douglas, Colo. (1997). Parents, who
have obviously never read Beowulf, compained that the novel
was too obscene and violent for high school students. (Purchase)
Gulliver's Travels. Jonathan Swift. Airmont; Bantam;
Bobbs-Merrill; Dell; Grosset; Houghton; NAL; Norton; Oxford Univ.
Pr.; Pocket Bks. Denounced as wicked and
obscene in Ireland (1726), which was no doubt the effect Swift was
going for. (Purchase)
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Hamlet. William Shakespeare. Airmont; Cambridge Univ.
Pr.; NAL; Norton; Penguin; Methuen. Banned in
Ethiopia (1978). (Purchase)
The Happy Prince and Other Stories. Oscar Wilde. Penguin.
Challenged at the Springfield, Oreg. Public
Library (1988) because the stories were "distressing and morbid."
(Purchase)
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. Maya Angelou. Bantam.
This book gets challenged quite often, due to
the poet's descriptions of being raped as a young girl. (Purchase)
It. Stephen King. Viking. Challenged at the Lincoln, Nebr. school libraries (1987);
placed on a "closed shelf" at the Franklinville, N.Y. Central High
School library (1992). (Purchase)
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James and the Giant Peach. Roald Dahl. ABC-Clio; Knopf.
Challenged at the Deep Creek Elementary
School in Charlotte Harbor, Fla. (1991) because it is "not
appropriate reading material for young children." Challenged at the
Pederson Elementary School in Altoona, Wis. (1991) and at the
Morton Elementary School library in Brooksville, Fla. (1992)
because the book contains the word "ass" and "promotes" the use of
drugs (tobacco, snuff) and whiskey. Removed from classrooms in
Stafford County, Va. Schools (1995) and placed in restricted access
in the library because the story contains crude language and
encourages children to disobey their parents and other adults.
(Purchase)
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King Lear. William Shakespeare. Airmont; Methuen;NAL;
Penguin; Pocket Bks. Now considered to be
among Shakespeare's greatest works, Lear was performed in
drastically adapted form--Nahum Tate's Restoration version
eliminated characters and boasted a happy ending in which Lear is
restored to the throne and Cordelia survives. The play was subject
to political censorship when it was banned from the English stage
from 1788 to 1820, out of respect to King George III's alleged
insanity. The tragic ending of King Lear was not restored
until 1823, and the character of the fool was finally reintroduced
in 1838. (Purchase)
The Koran. Penguin; Tahrike Tarsil; Quran.
Ban lifted by the Spanish Index in
1790. Restricted to students of history in the USSR (1926).
(Purchase)
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Le Morte D'Arthur. Sir Thomas Malory. Scribner; Collier;
Penguin. Challenged as required reading at
the Pulaski County High School in Somerset, Ky. (1997) because it
is "junk." Granted, Malory has problems with his narrative, but YOU
try to translate Medieval French texts into comprehesible Middle
English. (Purchase)
The Life and Times of Renoir. Janice Anderson. Shooting
Star Pr. Restricted at the Pulaski, Pa.
Elementary School Library (1997) because of nude paintings in the
book. Well, duh. It's Renoir, people.
A Light in the Attic. Shel Silverstein. Harper.
Challenged at the Cunningham Elementary
School in Beloit, Wis. (1985) because the book "enourages children
to break dishes so they won't have to dry them." Removed from
Minot, N.Dak. Public School libraries when the superintendent found
"suggestive illustrations." Challenged at the Big Bend Elementary
School library in Mukwonago, Wis. (1986) because some of
Silverstein's poems "glorified Satan, suicide and cannibalism, and
also encouraged children to be disobedient." (Purchase)
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. C.S. Lewis.
Macmillan. Challenged in the Howard County,
Md. school system (1990) because it depicts "graphic violence,
mysticism, and gore." I'm sure the school system would rather have
its children reading something which adheres to "good Christian
values." I cannot recommend the works of C.S. Lewis highly enough.
The Narnia books, in particular, are great for readers of all ages.
(Purchase this book) (Purchase the entire Chronicles of
Narnia)
Little House in the Big Woods. Laura Ingalls Wilder.
Buccaneer; harper; Transaction. Removed from
the classrooms, but later reinstated, for third-graders at the
Lincoln Unified School District in Stockton, Calif. (1996).
Complainants also want the book removed from the library because it
"promotes racial epithets and is fueling the fire of racism."
(Purchase)
Little House on the Prairie. Laura Ingalls Wilder.
Buccaneer; Harper; Transaction. Challenged at
the Lafourche Parish elementary school libraries in Thibodaux, La.
(1993) because the book is "offensive to Indians." Banned in the
Sturgis, S. Dak. elementary school classrooms (1993) due to
statements considered derogatory to Native Americans. It always
amazes me how people would rather ignore or revile literature from
a past era, rather than use it to teach acceptance and tolerance.
Obviously the characters depicted in the novel do not have
"politically correct" 21st century viewpoints. Why not use the
opportunity to discuss how things have (hopefully) changed?
(Purchase)
The Lorax. Dr. Seuss. Random. Challenged in the Laytonville, Calif. Unified School
District (1989) because it "criminalizes the foresting industry."
Isn't that the de-foresting industry? (Purchase)
The Lords of Discipline. Pat Conroy. Bantam.
Challenged in the Cobb County, Ga.
schools (1992) for profanity and descriptions of
sadomasochistic acts. Removed from and elective English
course by the WestonKa, Minn. School Board (1992) due to
parental complaints about language and sex in the book.
(Purchase)
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The Martian Chronicles. Ray Bradbury. Bantam.
Challenged at the Haines City, Fla.
High School (1982) for profanity and the use of God's name in
vain. Challenged at the Newton-Conover, N.C. High School
(1987) as supplemental reading due to profanity. Challenged
at the Gatlinburg-Pittman, Tenn. High School (1993) due to
profanity.(Purchase)
My Friend Flicka. Mary O'Hara. Harper; Lippincott.
Removed from fifth and sixth grade optional
reading lists in Clay County, Fla. schools (1990) because the book
uses the word "bitch" to refer to a female dog, as well as the word
"damn." (Purchase)
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The Odyssey. Homer. Airmont; Doubleday; Harper;
Macmillan; MAL; Oxford Univ. Pr.; Penguin. Plato suggested expurgating it for immature readers (387
B.C.) and Caligula tried to suppress it because it expressed Greek
ideals of freedom. (Purchase)
On the Origin of Species. Charles B. Darwin. Harvard
Univ. Pr.; Macmillan; Modern Library; NAL; Morton; Penguin; Rowman;
Ungar. Banned from Trinity College in
Cambridge, UK (1859); Yugoslavia (1935); Greece (1937). The
teaching of evolution was prohibited in Tennessee from 1925-1967.
(Purchase)
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Paradise Lost. John Milton. Airmont; Holt; Modern
Library/Random; NAL; Norton. Listed on the
Index Librorum Prohibitorum in Rome
(1758). (Purchase)
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Raisin in the Sun. Lorraine Hansberry. Random.
The Ogden, Utah School District (1979)
restricted circulation of Hansberry's play in response to criticism
from an anti-pornography organization. Did they read the same play
I read? (Purchase)
The Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock and Roll.
Jim Miller, ed. Random. Challenged in
Jefferson, Ky. (1982) because it "will cause our children to become
immoral and indecent." They used to say the very same thing about
polyphony. (Purchase)
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The Satanic Verses. Salman Rushdie. Viking.
Banned in Pakistan, Saudi Arabia,
Egypt, Somalia, Sudan, Malaysia, Qatar, Indonesia, South
Africa, and India due to its criticism of Islam. Burned in
West Yorkshire, England (1989) and temporarily withdrawn from
two bookstores on the advice of police. Five people died in
riots against the book in Pakistan. Another man died a day
later in Kashmir. Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa,
or religious edict, stating, "I inform the proud Muslim
people of the world that the author of the Satanic Verses,
which is against Islam, the prophet, and the Koran, and all
those involved in its publication who were aware of its
content, have been sentenced to death." Challenged at the
Wichita, Kans. Public Library (1989) because it is
"blasphemous to the prophet Mohammed." (Purchase)
Slaughterhouse-Five. Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Dell; Dial.
Burned in Drake, N. Dak. (1973). Banned in
Rochester Mich. because the novel "contains and makes references to
religious matters" and thus fell within the ban of the
establishment clause. Challenged at the Owensboro, Ky. high School
library (1985) because of "foul language, a reference to 'Magic
Fingers' attached to the protagonist's bed to help him sleep, and
the sentence: 'The gun made a ripping sound like the opening of
the fly of God Almighty.
' " Challenged, but retained on the
Round Rock, Tex. Independent High School reading list (1996) after
a challenge that the book was too violent. This particular novel is
the recipient of a very cool plug in the movie, Footloose,
starring Kevin Bacon. (Purchase)
Song of Solomon. Toni Morrison. Knopf; NAL.
Challenged, but retained in the
Columbus, Ohio schools (1993). The complainant believed that
the book contains language degrading to blacks, and is
sexually explicit. Removed from required reading lists and
library shelves in the Richmond County, Ga. School District
(1994). Challenged at the St. Johns County Schools in St.
Augustine, Fla. (1995). Removed from the St. Mary's County,
Md. schools' approved text list (1998) by the school
superintendant over the objections of the faculty. (Purchase)
The Stand. Stephen King. Doubleday; NAL.
Restricted at the Whitford Intermediate
School in Beaverton, Oreg. (1989) because of "sexual
language, casual sex, and violence." (Purchase)
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The Talmud. Soncino Pr. Burned in
Cairo, Egypt (1190); Paris, France (1244); and Salamanca, Spain
(1490). The Catholic Church in the Middle Ages tried to suppress
this work. Pope Gregory IX ordered it burned (1239); Pope Innocent
IV ordered King Louis IX of france to burn all copies (1248 and
1254); Pope Benedict XIII ordered the bishops of the Italian
dioceses to confiscate all copies (1415); Pope Julius III ordered
that Christians reading the Talmud be excommunicated; Pope Clement
VIII forbade both "Christians and Jews from owning, reading, buying
or circulating Talmudic or Cabbalistic books or other godless
writing." (1592)
To Kill a Mockingbird. Harper Lee. Lippincott/Harper;
Popular Library. This novel has been
challenged quite a lot due to its racial themes. Challenged--and
temporarily banned--in Eden Valley, Minn.(1977); Challenged at the
Warren, Ind. Township schools (1981), because the book "represents
institutionalized racism under the guise of 'good literature'."
After unsuccessfully banning the novel, three black parents
resigned from the township human relations advisory council. Banned
from the Lindale, Tex. advanced placement English reading list
(1996) because the book "conflicted with the values of the
community." (Purchase)
Tom Jones. Henry Fielding. NAL; Norton; Penguin.
Banned in France (1749). I guess the French
have a problem with humor. (Purchase)
Twelfth Night. William Shakespeare. Airmont; Cambridge
Univ. Pr.; Methuen; NAL; Penguin; Pocket Bks.; Washington Square.
Removed from a Merrimack, N.H. high school
English class (1996) because of a policy that bans instruction
which has "the effect of encouraging or supporting homosexuality as
a positive lifestyle alternative." (Purchase)
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Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Harriet Beecher Stowe. Airmont; Bantam; Harper; Houghton;
Macmillan; NAL. Challenged in the Waukegan,
Ill. School District (1984) because the novel contains the word
"nigger." Never mind that the novel is often credited with raising
public antislavery sentiment which ultimately led to the
emancipation of American slaves. (Purchase)
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Vasilissa the Beautiful: Russian Fairy Tales. Progress
Pubns. Challenged at the Mena, Ark. schools
(1990) because the book contains "violence, voodoo, and
cannibalism."
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Welcome to the Monkey House. Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Delacorte;
Dell. A teacher was dismissed for assigning
this collection of short stories to her eleventh grade English
class because the book promoted "the killing off of elderly people
and free sex." The teacher brought suit and won in Parducci v.
Rutland, 316 F.Supp.352, (M.D.Ala 1970). (Purchase)
Where the Sidewalk
Ends. Shel Silverstein. Harper. Challenged at the West Allis-West Milwaukee, Wis. school
libraries (1986) because the book "suggests drug use, the occult,
suicide, death, violence, disrespect for truth, disrespect for
legitimate authority, rebellion against parents." Challenged at the
Central Columbia School District in Bloomsburg, Pa. (1993) because
a poem titled "Dreadful" talks about how "someone ate the baby." On
the other hand, this book does present the negative consequences of
not taking the garbage out. (Purchase)
Where's Waldo? Martin Handford. Little.
Challenged at the Public Libraries of
Saginaw, Mich. (1989), Removed from the Springs Public School
library in East Hampton, N.Y. (1993) because there is a tiny
drawing of a woman lying on the beach wearing a bikini bottom
but no top. Yes, but did they find Waldo? (Purchase)
The Witches of Worm. Zilpha Keatley Snyder. Atheneum.
Challenged at the Hays, Kans. Public Library
(1989) because it "could lead young readers to embrace satanism."
The Newbery Award-winning book was retained on the approved reading
list at Matthew Henson Middle School in Waldorf, Md. (1991) despite
objections to its references to the occult. (Purchase)
A Wrinkle In Time. Madeleine L'Engle. Dell.
Challenged at the Polk City, Fla.
Elementary School (1985) by a parent who believed that the
story promotes witchcraft, crystal balls, and demons.
Challenged in the Anniston Ala. schools (1990). The
complainant objected to the book's listing the name of Jesus
Christ together with the names of great artists,
philosophers, scientists, and religious leaders when
referring to those who defend earth against evil. Got it.
Let's cross Jesus off that list, shall we? (Purchase)
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Zen Buddhism: Selected Writings. D.T. Suzuki. Doubleday.
Challenged at the Plymouth-Canton school
system in Canton, Mich. (1987) because "this book details the
teachings of the religion of Buddhism in such a way that the reader
could very likely embrace its teachings and choose this as his
religion." The last thing we need are a bunch of peaceful Buddhists
running around. The horror. (Purchase)