Happy Banned Books Week: September 26 to October 3

[Ken]

Top ten most frequently challenged books of 2008

Out of 513 challenges as reported to the Office for Intellectual Freedom

1. And Tango Makes Three, by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell

2. His Dark Materials trilogy, by Philip Pullman

3. TTYL; TTFN; L8R, G8R (series), by Lauren Myracle

4. Scary Stories (series), by Alvin Schwartz

5. Bless Me, Ultima, by Rudolfo Anaya

6. The Perks of Being a Wallflower, by Stephen Chbosky

7. Gossip Girl (series), by Cecily von Ziegesar

8. Uncle Bobby’s Wedding, by Sarah S. Brannen

9. The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini

10. Flashcards of My Life, by Charise Mericle Harper

This page has a list of classic banned books with links to the archive where they can be downloaded and read on a computer or ebook reader in a variety of formats.

Celebrate Banned Books Week 2009

The Fairy Tales of Brothers Grimm

The Jungle

A Passage to India

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

O Pioneers!

Black Beauty

The War of the Worlds

I guess this is West Seattle related only because there are so many readers. The Library is ignoring it except for a news release nearly two weeks ago.

What’s up with that? Just because there is a Dem in the White House doesn’t mean the danger of religious wingnuttery is over. History teaches us that challenging economic times are when the forces of censorship seize power over civil liberties and revise history.

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[JoB]

thanks for posting this ken..

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