(This week’s FFM comes via Paul Brewer)
FFM: Banned Books
Which of the The 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990–2000 have you read?
Here’s my list, almost all of which I read in High School.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Harry Potter (Series) by J.K. Rowling
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
We own these
Goosebumps (Series) by R.L. Stine (my son is reading some of these)
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl (my wife owns a copy from her teaching days, I think)
A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein
I read excerpts in a literature class once
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
We saw the movie, does that count?
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
And can someone explain to me why this is on the list?
Where’s Waldo? by Martin Hanford
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October 14th, 2005 at 9:14 am
Celebrate Freedom - Read a Banned Book
My husband used to have a shirt that said that. It was then followed by a list of banned books, most of which he had read. Today’s FFM challenge from Poliblog is this: Which of the The 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 19902000 have you read?
October 14th, 2005 at 10:15 am
Good God! I must be running with a bad crowd. Here’s my list: [This reminds me of something I think The New Yorker did a couple of years back--asking famous writers the classic book(s) that they feel most embarassed about never having read. I'd like to hear your list, Steven!]
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Heather Has Two Mommies by Leslea Newman
# The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Sex by Madonna
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Beloved by Toni Morrison
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende
Native Son by Richard Wright
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
Private Parts by Howard Stern
October 14th, 2005 at 12:03 pm
The ALA’s 100 most frequently challenged book list
Poliblog asks which of the 100 most frequently challenged books have you read?
I’ve read:
October 14th, 2005 at 3:43 pm
100 Most Challenged Books Meme
Meme from PoliBlog (via The Yin Blog): Which of the The 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 19902000 have you read?
October 15th, 2005 at 7:27 am
Banned Books Meme
Another meme of the week from Poliblog:
How many of the Top 100 Challenged Books does our family own or have I read:
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Harry Potter (Series) by J.K. Rowling
Bridge to T…
October 15th, 2005 at 8:12 am
In Favor of Banning Books
Most book-banners want to censor material because it is morally or politically objectionable; I, on the other hand, wish to ban certain materials because they are aesthetically displeasing, yet have somehow become so over-rated that they cannot seem …
October 15th, 2005 at 11:47 am
I would also like to add an honorable mention: The Wind Done Gone, by Alice Randall, the Gone with the Wind parody that sent the Daughters of Confederacy into a tizzy. I understand that it was banned in Georgia.
My list:
Scary Stories (Series) by Alvin Schwartz
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Harry Potter (Series) by J.K. Rowling
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Carrie by Stephen King
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell
October 30th, 2005 at 12:33 pm
Actually, the list of banned/challenged books is the list of books I’d like to read before I die. I am fascinated by what IDEAS were so threatening that the words were forbidden to citizens (adults AND children), and why we are considered unable to make decisions concerning the material for ourselves.
BTW, Waldo was banned for NUDITY.
Here’s a list of why some other books have been banned:
http://www.forbiddenlibrary.com/
July 5th, 2006 at 12:49 pm
The exact reason Where’s Waldo Was challenged/banned was because the mermaid is only wearing a bra (go figure!! I hope they never watched the little mermaid)
January 8th, 2007 at 7:18 pm
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