Celebrate Banned Book week by reading a banned book
Published September 26th, 2006 in Just Ramblin'I cannot believe some of the books that are banned by school libraries across the country. This week (9/23 - 9/30) is Banned Book Week. This year marks the 25th anniversary of Banned Book Week.
Here are a few of the books that I was surprised to see on this list. Also, it is stated that parents are the group that instigates most of the challenged/banned books. Interesting.
- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain
- Entire Harry Potter series - J.K. Rowling
- A Wrinkle in Time - Madeleine L’Engle
- To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
- A Light in the Attic - Shell Silverstein
- How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell
- Captain Underpants series by Dav Pilkey
You know, I wonder if the parents that are so quick to have books banned because of their content also make sure that their kids don’t watch movies and television shows with the same content.
For more information see the American Library Association website. They have a wealth of information on who bans books, why books are banned, and huge lists of challenged/banned books.
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I’m surprised to see some the books on this list. I am a high school teacher and To Kill A Mockingbird is a part of our curriculum. Also, when I taught elementary school I read the Captain Underpants books to my students.
I can’t help but wonder how many of the parents that banned these books actually read them.
And like Andrew said- what do they allow their children to watch on TV/movies?
I believe you should know what your children are reading. I believe that you should read to your children and also ask them about the books they are reading. I believe that if you are concerned about the content of a book that you should read it and research it and discuss it. I, personally, do not like the Goosebumps series, however, I did not ask my library to ban them. I talked with my child and explained why (and yes I read a couple of them) and told her we wouldn’t be reading them.
I find it interesting that parents work so hard to ban books from libraries yet we have teenagers and younger going to R rated movies.