Banned Books
I am going to be out-of-the-office for most of the rest of the week, and so that really cuts into my blogging time. I am taking the easy way out and posting a meme-type thing that I borrowed from LeafGirl77, who took it from Doc Ern.
You're supposed to bold all of the banned books you have read. I am not as well-read as I thought I was.
Scary Stories (Series) by Alvin Schwartz
DaddyÂ’s Roommate by Michael Willhoite
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Harry Potter (Series) by J.K. Rowling part of book one, then I got bored
Forever by Judy Blume
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
Alice (Series) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Heather Has Two Mommies by Leslea Newman
My Brother Sam is Dead by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
The Giver by Lois Lowry
ItÂ’s Perfectly Normal by Robie Harris
Goosebumps (Series) by R.L. Stine
A Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Newton Peck
The Color Purple by Alice Walker saw the movie
Sex by Madonna part of it, mostly the pictures
EarthÂ’s Children (Series) by Jean M. Auel
The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine LÂ’Engle
Go Ask Alice by Anonymous
Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers
In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak
The Stupids (Series) by Harry Allard one of them
The Witches by Roald Dahl
The New Joy of Gay Sex by Charles Silverstein
Anastasia Krupnik (Series) by Lois Lowry
The Goats by Brock Cole
Kaffir Boy by Mark Mathabane
Blubber by Judy Blume
Killing Mr. Griffin by Lois Duncan
Halloween ABC by Eve Merriam
We All Fall Down by Robert Cormier
Final Exit by Derek Humphry
The HandmaidÂ’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
WhatÂ’s Happening to my Body? Book for Girls: A Growing-Up Guide for Parents & Daughters by Lynda Madaras
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Beloved by Toni Morrison
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
The Pigman by Paul Zindel
Bumps in the Night by Harry Allard
Deenie by Judy Blume
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Annie on my Mind by Nancy Garden
The Boy Who Lost His Face by Louis Sachar
Cross Your Fingers, Spit in Your Hat by Alvin Schwartz
A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Sleeping Beauty Trilogy by A.N. Roquelaure (Anne Rice)
Asking About Sex and Growing Up by Joanna Cole
Cujo by Stephen King saw the movie
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
The Anarchist Cookbook by William Powell
Boys and Sex by Wardell Pomeroy
Ordinary People by Judith Guest
American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis saw the movie
WhatÂ’s Happening to my Body? Book for Boys: A Growing-Up Guide for Parents & Sons by Lynda Madaras
Are You There, God? ItÂ’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
Crazy Lady by Jane Conly
Athletic Shorts by Chris Crutcher
Fade by Robert Cormier
Guess What? by Mem Fox
The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende saw the movie
The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline Cooney
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Native Son by Richard Wright
Women on Top: How Real Life Has Changed WomenÂ’s Fantasies by Nancy Friday
Curses, Hexes and Spells by Daniel Cohen
Jack by A.M. Homes
Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo A. Anaya
Where Did I Come From? by Peter Mayle
Carrie by Stephen King saw the movie
Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume
On My Honor by Marion Dane Bauer
Arizona Kid by Ron Koertge
Family Secrets by Norma Klein
Mommy Laid An Egg by Babette Cole
The Dead Zone by Stephen King saw the movie The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
Always Running by Luis Rodriguez
Private Parts by Howard Stern
WhereÂ’s Waldo? by Martin Hanford
Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene
Little Black Sambo by Helen Bannerman
Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
Running Loose by Chris Crutcher
Sex Education by Jenny Davis
The Drowning of Stephen Jones by Bette Greene
Girls and Sex by Wardell Pomeroy
How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell
View from the Cherry Tree by Willo Davis Roberts
The Headless Cupid by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
The Terrorist by Caroline Cooney
Jump Ship to Freedom by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Harry Potter (Series) by J.K. Rowling (I also only read book one)
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
The Witches by Roald Dahl
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Where's Waldo? by Martin Hanford (this was banned? for what?)
How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell
The great majority of these I had to read for school. In fact right now I can't think of more than two or three books that I had to read for school that are not on this list.
I had all the Where's Waldo books when I was kid. I liked the yellow one the best (I think it was called Where's Waldo Now? or maybe that was another one). In any case it had a girl Waldo named Wendy, and a striped dog (forget his name) and a wizard. You had to find all these people and also a scroll on every page. The last page had nothing but Waldos and you had to find the one Waldo that was missing his shoe. Great stuff.
Judy Blume is fucking awesome.
Say anything bad about her and I will fucking cut you.
Plus, I highly reccomend her adult books. Instead of mere mentions of masturbation, there's whole pages of it!
Awesome!
who would bother banning a Margaret Attwood book?
I can't believe that Judy Blume, Shel Silverstein and Maurice Sendak are banned ANYWHERE! But then I work with a couple of Baptists that think we're misguided parents for letting our son read Harry Potter.
If you want to ban a book in your own home, fine; but leave my home(and library) alone!
I love banned books!! Hey, well... and anything else that's been banned too...
What does that say about me?
Most of the ones I've read on that list (not all) were when I was a kid. That's amusing to me.
where is the banned book list from anyway?
i have read these ones:
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Forever by Judy Blume
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine LÂ’Engle
In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak
Blubber by Judy Blume
Halloween ABC by Eve Merriam
The HandmaidÂ’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Deenie by Judy Blume
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
The Anarchist Cookbook by William Powell
Are You There, God? ItÂ’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume
Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene
my kid has a bunch of those books also. i'm surpirsed maurice sendak's the night kitchen is on there but his other book down in the dumps isn't. not that i think either are bad books. i'm not into book banning. if i were an author and my book was banned, i'd put it on my cv.
zebby, i am not sure where it originated: i took it from another blogger. i'd put a banned book on my cv too.
so do libraries in canada ban books?
and if so, what are the criteria?
i hooked up with an old friend a couple of years ago. at the time she was working for customs canada, reviewing confiscated things from the border, to see if they should have been confiscated or if they could be let in. mostly books. i said, hey, i bet you get alot of artists stuff and really cool stuff, she said "sadly, not at much as you'd think"
i thought it was odd.
I am guilty of simply not being attention and I am appalled by this list! Some I have read, some my children read and some are forgotten...but really banning Silverstein and Dahl?!
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Harry Potter (Series) by J.K. Rowling part of book one, then I got bored (me too)
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Goosebumps (Series) by R.L. Stine (my son collected these books)
The Color Purple by Alice Walker saw the movie (me too)
Go Ask Alice by Anonymous..daughter read
Bumps in the Night by Harry Allard
A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein .. a favorite of mine
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
Carrie by Stephen King saw the movie
As an avid supporter of all types of reading and no censorship, I was drawn to this post. Sadly, this list of banned books doesn't surprise me. I am surprised that certain books I feel are of great merit are on here, too. I, too, am no as well-read as I ought to be. (Many of these my daughters read for school or on their own.)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Harry Potter (Series) by J.K. Rowling(Only part of it, b/c it bored me, too!)
Forever by Judy Blume
Heather Has Two Mommies by Leslea Newman
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Goosebumps (Series) by R.L. Stine
The Color Purple by Alice Walker (excerpts)
EarthÂ’s Children (Series) by Jean M. Auel (I think part of it- read several parts of different books by her)
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine LÂ’Engle((My FAVORITE book from when I was 9 or 10 yrs old!)
Go Ask Alice by Anonymous
In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak
The Witches by Roald Dahl
Anastasia Krupnik (Series) by Lois Lowry(I read Anastasia books to upper elem. but not sure if it was this series)
Blubber by Judy Blume
The HandmaidÂ’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George (oh, this was intense but terrific and opened much discussion with my daughters. It was part of the G/T curriculum.)
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison (read others by her)
WhatÂ’s Happening to my Body? Book for Girls: A Growing-Up Guide for Parents & Daughters by Lynda Madaras (not sure which guides we read- )
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee(another favorite memory for me from age 12)
Beloved by Toni Morrison
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton(Sheesh! I think others said this: this list looks like the entire G/T or honors English list for our area...)
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein(love his work and so do my kids)
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Sleeping Beauty Trilogy by A.N. Roquelaure (Anne Rice)(not into her books but tried them)
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
Ordinary People by Judith Guest
Are You There, God? ItÂ’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende(Read Like Water for Chocolate- same author I think?)
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Native Son by Richard Wright
WomenÂ’s Fantasies by Nancy Friday
Where Did I Come From? by Peter May( I think this was the book...)
Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
Private Parts by Howard Stern(saw something on TV or talk show on this)
WhereÂ’s Waldo? by Martin Hanford
Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene (sound familiar)
Little Black Sambo by Helen Bannerman(so many of these I remember the title but not sure if I read it or if it was read to me or is just familiar)
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