Children's Books
This children’s chapterbook series contains an elementary school principal, hypnosis, and tighty whiteys.
What is Captain Underpants?
This trilogy features a bow and arrow wielding teen fighting not just for her survival, but to take down a corrupt government.
What is The Hunger Games?
This author, who is a New Jersey state treasure, has her books Forever, Blubber, Are You There God, It’s Me, Margaret, and Tiger Eyes frequently challenged.
Who is Judy Blume?
You know this guy, he speaks for the trees. He was also banned from a California school in 1989 for "criminalizing the foresting industry".
Who is The Lorax?
In 2024, 72% of all challenges came from who?
What are Pressure Groups?
Started in the 90s, this hair raising series contains titles like 'Stay Out Of The Basement', 'The Haunted Mask' and 'The Werewolf of Fever Swamp'.
What is Goosebumps by R.L. Stine?
This novel, told through letters written by the protagonist as he moves through his freshman year. Despite Charlie being an introvert, his account contains sexual abuse, LGBT+ content, use of drugs and alcohol, and profanity.
The Perks Of Being a Wallflower (Stephen Chbosky)
This young adult author has had several successful online projects, such as Crash Course, VlogBrothers and VidCon.
Who is John Green?
This beloved book of wacky children's poetry contains a poem titled 'Dreadful', which has the repeated line of 'someone ate the baby'. This book was pulled in the Central Columbia School District in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania due to concerns that it would promote cannibalism.
What is Where The Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein?
What organization is largely responsible for Banned Books Week?
The American Library Association. (ALA).
In this book, an orphaned boy goes on an adventure with a magically altered fruit, and several garden variety insects. It has faced challenges for scary scenes, disobedience and anti-authority messages, tobacco and alcohol as well as mild profanity.
What is James And The Giant Peach?
Partially inspired by author John Green's time at a private boarding school, this 2005 novel deals with grief, hope, coming of age and relationships. Unfortunately, it also has some sexual content and profane language.
Looking for Alaska (John Green).
This author of The Hate U Give witnessed gang violence at a young age. Her mother took her to the library after this incident, "to show her that there was more to the world than what (she) saw that day". She credits this experience with making her want to be a writer.
Who is Angie Thomas?
This comic memoir about the artist’s father living through the Holocaust has won a Pulitzer Prize, and has been used in classrooms for years to teach about World War II and antisemitism. In 2020, the McMinn County Board Of Education voted unanimously to ban the book based on “rough, objectionable language” and a drawing of a naked woman.
What is Maus?
According to 2024 statistics, in what location do the majority of all challenges take place?
What are public libraries?
This story features an elderly witch, her assistant who struggles to follow directions, and a magic pasta pot.
What is Strega Nona?
This book about a plane full of British school boys trapped on an uninhabited island is considered a classic. While the collapse of order and society is arguably the point the author wants to draw attention to, its critics complain that it is violent and profane.
What is Lord Of The Flies?
This Nobel Prize winning author writes about the African American experience, often focusing on identity, community, and slavery. Her novel, Beloved, focuses on mother-daughter relations, and the lasting psychological impact of slavery. It was also the inspiration for Virginia's Beloved Bill, which would have required schools to inform parents about sexually explicit content and provide an alternative assignment if requested.
Who is Toni Morrison?
This (aptly named) children’s novel is about a fourth grader who creates a banned book library after several books are banned from her school library. Members of a school board in Indian River County voted to remove this book, accusing it of “teaching rebellion of school board authority”.
What is Ban This Book (Alan Gratz).
What state had the most challenged titles in 2024?
What is California? (17)
If you’ve visited the library during banned books week, you may have seen Skippyjon Jones in a cage. What did he do to earn this fate?
What are harmful stereotypes about Hispanic culture?
This book follows a year in the life of a high school student after she is sexually assaulted and stops talking.
What is Speak?
This novel in verse author has had multiple titles appear in the top ten most challenged list over the years; such as Tricks, Crank and Burned.
Who is Ellen Hopkins?
Despite the impact of drugs on this high schooler’s life being overwhelmingly negative and leading to an unplanned teen pregnancy, critics think the mere inclusion is a ban worthy offense.
What is Crank (by Ellen Hopkins)?
The first banned books week happened during this year.
What is 1982?