It's fitting that this blog can count Banned Books Week as its birthday, because both this special week and libraries worldwide champion intellectual freedom. Here are some fun facts in honor of Banned Books Week (Sept. 26 - Oct. 3, 2009):*The 1987 Pulitzer Prize winning novel Beloved by Toni Morrison has been challenged multiple times on the grounds of violence, language and sexual content.
*One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey was challenged by a California school district in 2000 after parents protested that teachers "can choose the best books, but they keep choosing this garbage over and over again."
*Little Red Riding Hood retold and illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman, a 1984 Caldecott Honor book, was pulled from recommended reading lists in two California school districts in the early 90s because one of the items the heroine carries in a basket for her grandmother is a bottle of wine.
Do you read banned books?
Thanks to the American Library Association and multiple newspapers, including The Seattle Times, for the image and information. For more info, please visit the ALA's Banned Books Week website.
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