In working on a website assignment this week, I was looking up information on the censorship of "Lady Chatterly's Love."  By the way, the sex in that book was extremely mild in that book by  today's standards, and it was notoriously banned for sexual content.

Moving on, I was shocked to see which books are still banned in the U.S.  Mind you, these books are not banned by the government.  Rather, they are mostly banned from school districts.

I have read many of these books to my daughter, and plan to teach one of them later in the year.
This list comes from an article in the Huffington Post, I will post a link to it at the bottom of this page.

1. Both the American Heritage and Merriam Webster's dictionaries have been banned in California public schools.

2.  The Grapes of Wrath.      Seriously??

3.  Sylvester and the Magic Pebble.    A wonderful children's book that my sweet girl ADORED.

4. Beloved, by Toni Morrison.

5.  "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see?"  Yes, it really is a book about colors and animals.  Banned in 2010 by The TEXAS BOARD OF EDUCATION.  This book was taught to my daughter in Pre-K.  Scandalous.  Isn't that the state that produced Rick Perry - how is this for big government??

6.  "James and The Giant Peach" and "The Witches," by one of my personal favorites from my childhood, Roald Dahl.

7.  "Anne Frank, Diary of a Young Girl"  Come ON!

8.  Little Women.  Not my favorite by any means, but really?

9.  "For Whom the Bell Tolls" and "A Farewell to Arms," both by Hemingway.  If these are banned, how can people who don't read name drop authors to sound smarter??

10.  "A light in the Attic,"by Shel Silverstein.

11.  "A Wrinkle In Time" - I have a class set already, waiting for sixth grade minds to explore :)


I thought this list was pretty funny - and thought I'd share a laugh.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/29/the-11-most-surprising-ba_n_515381.html#s76400&title=The_Dictionary