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Since 1982, the last week of September has been designated as Banned Books Week. The American Library Association has a website with all sorts of information, including a list of the 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990 - 2000, an entry on Intellectual Freedom for Young People, and a page Especially for Young People and Their Parents.
I've seen the top 100 list before, but I'm always really surprised when I read through it. Maurice Sendak, Shel Silverstein, Maya Angelou, Mark Twain and John Steinbeck??? J.K. Rowling, Alice Walker, Roald Dahl, Toni Morrison??? Really? I'm just floored by what other people feel they need to protect my family from.
And that's what leaves me so uneasy about the whole idea of censorship; the notion that someone else wants to chose my morals and tell me what materials are okay for my kids to read. No, thanks.
Some of the challenged books are there because they teach kids about human reproduction (including that whole s-e-x thing), or, like Daddy's Roommate, they talk openly about gay and/or lesbian parents. I do understand that there are parents who make a decision to not have books such as these on their own bookshelves, but they shouldn't try to deny these books to the kids who really will benefit from them.
And, please, can someone tell me why the Where's Waldo books are on the list? I'm just baffled.
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9-28-2006 @ 11:52AM
sheila said...One of the posters asked if it was correct to assume the books were only challenged and not banned. I came across a blog that asserted that. However, the Texas ACLU at http://www.aclutx.org/files/2006%20Banned%20Books%20Report.pdf clearly lists by school and district which books have been challenged, banded or retained. This is not made up. There have been books removed from library and the mere threat is enough to restrict our freedom because of the chilling effect it may have. The Texas ACLU link has an interview with Judy Blume, one of the most challenged and banned authors, where she mentions that she regrets caving in to an editor who wanted her to remove lines from one of the books.
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