Animal Farm by George Orwell
Today we learn about the classic tale of animal rights and a few more books that were meant for adults but given to children.
Banned
1965 - Wisconsin - A Wisconsin survey revealed that the John Birch Society had challenged the novel's use, objecting to the words "masses will revolt."
1968 - New York - The New York State English Council's Committee on Defenses Against Censorship surveyed English classrooms where it was identified as a "problem book" with the reason that "Orwell was a communist."
1977 - Russia - Suppressed from being displayed at the Moscow International Book Fair.
1982 - Georgia - Objected to for it's political theories in DeKalb County during a survey period of 1979 to 1982
1987 - Florida - Banned from Bay County's middle and high schools in Panama City by the Bay County school superintendent. Forty-four parents filed a suit against the district claiming that the instructional aids policy denied constitutional rights and the book was reinstated along with sixty-four other books.
2002 - United Arab Emirates - Banned from schools along with 125 other books. The Ministry of Education banned it on the grounds that it contained written or illustrated material that contradicts Islamic and Arab values, including pictures of alcoholic drinks, pigs, and "indecent images."
Sources
Doyle, Robert P. Banned Books: Challenging Our Freedom to Read. ALA. 2014.
"Dances and Dames" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
