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Life is Funny: E.R. Frank: Sexual content 2000 — 40 — A Light in the Attic: Shel Silverstein: Violence and encouraging disobedience 1981 — — 51 Little Bill (children book series) Bill Cosby, illustrated by Varnette P. Honeywood: Criminal sexual allegations against the author 1997–2000 — — — Lolita: Vladimir Nabokov: References ...
While some book bans have led to higher sales, as seen with “Maus” and “The Hate U Give,” some authors say the bans tank sales and devastate their careers, especially when they belong to ...
Banned Books Week this year is from Sept. 22-28. It's usually held during the last week of September. The theme of this year's event, according to the ALA, is " Freed Between the Lines ."
Banned Books Week poses that question as parents' rights groups, politicians, librarians and publishers are increasingly at odds over which books are suitable for young people to read.
The book was banned by the Portuguese government without any clear reason. According to the author, one possible reason was because he was from the "current of thought what claims that the discovery of Brazil happened 'by random'" or by the fact he "have registered the history of the 1600 years cut to the Arabian navy by Vasco da Gama". [207]
The Bluest Eye, by Toni Morrison. Morrison’s visionary first novel is the painful and poignant story of Pecola Breedlove, an abused and unloved Black girl, pregnant by her own father, who ...
Some Dr. Seuss books are being challenged and banned by some in the USA. Certainly this deserves mention! Pete unseth 17:10, 4 March 2021 (UTC) This list is compiled based on data collected by the American Library Association. If the Dr. Seuss books rank high enough in banned and challenged books, they'll land on the list.
Proponents of removing books mention how certain kinds of lessons dealing with racism and history can make students uncomfortable and make white students feel guilty. [19] In some other cases, the books have been by or about people of color or the LGBTQ community, but the reasons cited for removal have to do with profanity or sex. [8]