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My Teacher is an Alien by Bruce Coville

March 05, 2024 by Banned Library in Chapter Book

The library looks at a pre-YA classic about an alien invasion, talks about our favorite alien invasion movies, and discusses some potential ways to stop aliens in their tracks.

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March 05, 2024 /Banned Library
My Teacher is an Alien, Bruce Coville, Pennsylvania, resisting authority, self reliance
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Little Bill (series) written by Bill Cosby and Varnette P. Honeywood (illus.)

April 20, 2021 by Banned Library in Picture Book, Chapter Book

Several lessons are learned including dealing with bullying, losing something you worked hard for, being a good sport, and not being a rapist.

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April 20, 2021 /Banned Library
Little Bill, Bill Cosby, Varnette P Honeywood, rape
Picture Book, Chapter Book
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Attack of the Vampire Weenies by David Lubar

February 17, 2021 by Banned Library in Chapter Book, Short Story

We're talking short stories with bite that kill little kids in this episode that will make you believe mimes can be vampires.

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February 17, 2021 /Banned Library
Attack of the Vampire Weenies, David Lubar, Kansas, sexually explicit content, religion
Chapter Book, Short Story
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Bad Kitty for President by Nick Bruel

December 15, 2020 by Banned Library in Chapter Book, Nonfiction

Bad Kitty runs for neighborhood president and learns a lot along the way including some ways to not say swear words.

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December 15, 2020 /Banned Library
Bad Kitty series, Bad Kitty for President, Nick Bruel, Nevada, language
Chapter Book, Nonfiction
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How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell

October 13, 2020 by Banned Library in Chapter Book

When a boy is bet he can't eat worms, he does despite his friends not being his friends through the pure evil that is the male ego.

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October 13, 2020 /Banned Library
How to Eat Fried Worms, Thomas Rockwell, New Jersey, Indiana, language, violence
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The Boy Who Lost His Face by Louis Sachar

August 06, 2019 by Banned Library in Chapter Book

David did a bad thing and gets cursed by an old lady while figuring out who his friends are and what middle fingers are for.

Banned

#92 Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books: 2000-2009

1991 - California - Challenged at Thousand Oaks Library for language

1993

     California - Challenged at San Ramon's Golden View Elementary school for profanity, frequent use of obscene gestures, and inappropriate subject matter

     Indiana - Removed from Clay City's Jackson Township Elementary School due to "unsuitable words."

     New York - Removed from Red Creek's Cuyler Elementary school library because "the age level and use of some swear words may make it inappropriate for younger children."

Sources

ALA. "Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books: 2000-2009." Retrieved on 17 Aug 01 from http://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/top-100-bannedchallenged-books-2000-2009 

Doyle, Robert P. Banned Books: Challenging Our Freedom to Read. ALA. 2014.

Sachar, Louis. The Boy Who Lost His Face. Yearling Books. New York, 1989.

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The Boy Who Lost His Face
By Louis Sachar
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August 06, 2019 /Banned Library
Boy Who Lost His Face, Louis Sachar, California, Indiana, New York, profanity, obscene gestures, unsuited for age group
Chapter Book
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Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George

June 04, 2019 by Banned Library in Chapter Book, YA Book

A young girl befriends wolves and makes her way across the tundra looking for where she belongs.

Banned

#91 Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books: 2000-2009

1982 - Missouri - Challenged for "socialist, communist, evolutionary, and anti-family themes" in Mexico.

1989 - Colorado - Challenged as sixth grade reading because "the subject matter was better suited to older students" in Littleton school libraries

1994 - Arizona - After a Erie Elementary School teacher in Chandler chose the book for an Antarctic unit, some parents challenged the book for a passage "in which a man forcibly kisses his wife."

1995 - California - Challenged in Palmdale school libraries for description of a rape

1996

California - Challenged in Ramona's Hanson Lane Elementary School for including an attempted rape of a thirteen-year-old girl

Pennsylvania - Removed for a graphic martial rape scene from the sixth-grade curriculum of the New Brighton Area School District in Pulaski Township

Sources

ALA. "Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books: 2000-2009." Retrieved on 17 Aug 01 from http://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/top-100-bannedchallenged-books-2000-2009

Doyle, Robert P. Banned Books: Challenging Our Freedom to Read. ALA. 2014.

George, Jean Craighead. Julie of the Wolves. Harper & Row. New York, 1972.

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"Dances and Dames." Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

June 04, 2019 /Banned Library
Julie of the Wolves, Jean Craighead George, Missouri, Colorado, Arizona, California, Pennsylvania, rape, domestic violence, unsuited for age group
Chapter Book, YA Book
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So Far From the Bamboo Grove by Yoko Kawashima Watkins

May 14, 2019 by Banned Library in YA Book, Chapter Book

An autobiographical tale of a young Japanese girl and her family escaping Korea and surviving after World War II.

Banned

2006 - Massachusetts - Dover-Sherborn Middle school took it off the sixth grade reading list for rape, violence against women by Korean men, and distorted presentation of history. The Dover Regional School Committee voted unanimously to keep it on the list but are looking for other texts for balanced experience.

Sources

ALA. "Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books: 2000-2009." Retrieved on 17 Aug 01 from http://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/top-100-bannedchallenged-books-2000-2009

Doyle, Robert P. Banned Books: Challenging Our Freedom to Read. ALA. 2014.

Watkins, Yoko Kawashima. So Far From the Bamboo Grove. HarperTrophy. New York, 1986.

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May 14, 2019 /Banned Library
So Far From the Bamboo Grove, Yoko Kawashima Watkins, Massachusetts, rape, violence
YA Book, Chapter Book
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The Upstairs Room by Johanna Reiss

May 07, 2019 by Banned Library in YA Book, Chapter Book

A young girl in Holland spends two years in an upstairs room hiding from Nazis during World War II.

Banned

1993 - Indiana - Liberty Elementary School removed the item from required reading list for fourth graders after an investigation about profanity.

1996 - Maine - Challenged for profanity in Sanford as a sixth-grade assigned reading.

Sources

ALA. "Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books: 2000-2009." Retrieved on 17 Aug 01 from http://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/top-100-bannedchallenged-books-2000-2009

Doyle, Robert P. Banned Books: Challenging Our Freedom to Read. ALA. 2014.

Reiss, Johanna. The Upstairs Room. HarperTrophy. New York, 1972.


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"Dances and Dames." Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

May 07, 2019 /Banned Library
Upstairs Room, Johanna Reiss, Indiana, Maine, profanity
YA Book, Chapter Book
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: House Guest, Part 4

April 05, 2019 by Banned Library in Chapter Book

Alice fights off animals trying to get in their house, hangs with a puppy, and converses with a caterpillar smoking a hookah

April 05, 2019 /Banned Library
Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll
Chapter Book
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