I think in some cases, book banning becomes the greatest source of publicity
for the author. It increases curiosity and produces a greater demand for the
publication. Some writers are aware of its potential, especially those, like
Judy Blume, who have had several 'controversial' novels.
Of course the list is ridiculous, and there are even more ridiculous lists
of classic selections which are banned because they have been deemed
politically incorrect, or 'insensitive' in nature.

I am waiting for validation, on this list, from a research librarian. As
soon as I receive a response, I will post it. - deborah



----This list of banned books has to be a joke! It does't make any sense at
all,
not to mention in 'the land of the free'!

Best

Árni


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on 03-05-19 18.43, Patrick McManus at [log in to unmask] wrote:

 > I sent this to my son who insists that its a con--could we have the
source
 > please ?
 > cheers aptrick mcm
 > ----- Original Message -----
 > From: Deborah Russell <[log in to unmask]>
 > To: <[log in to unmask]>
 > Sent: Monday, May 19, 2003 12:10 PM
 > Subject: Re: gollywogs
 >
 >
 > American Library Association - Recently banned books
 >
 >
 > The Learning Tree - Gordon Parks
 > Then Again, Maybe I Won't - Judy Blume
 > The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
 > Witches, Pumpkins, and Grinning Ghosts- Edna Barth
 > One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
 > Scary Stories 3: More Tales to Chill Your Bones - Alvin Schwartz
 > More Scary Stories in the Dark - Alvin Schwartz
 > Curses, Hexes, and Spells - Daniel Cohen
 > A Wrinkle in Time - Madeleine L'Engle
 > How to Eat Fried Worms - Thomas Rockwell
 > Blubber - Judy Blume
 > The Witches of Worm - Zilpha Snyder
 > My Brother Sam Is Dead - James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
 > The Great Gilly Hopkins - Katherine Paterson
 > The Figure in the Shadows - John Bellairs
 > On My Honor - Marion Dane Bauer
 > Grendel - John Champlin Gardner
 > I Have to Go - Robert Munsch
 > The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - Mark Twain
 > The Pigman - Paul Zindel
 > Revolting Rhymes - Roald Dahl
 > Halloween ABC - Eve Merriam
 > Harry Potter series - J.K.Rowling,
 > Impressions Edited by Jack Booth
 > Alice series- Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
 > Fallen Angels - Walter Dean Myers
 > Blood and Chocolate - Annette Curtis Klause
 > The Drowning of Stephan Jones-Bette Green
 > Summer of My German Soldier- Bette Greene
 > Ordinary People-Judith Guest
 > The Autobiography of Malcolm X-Alex Haley and Malcolm X
 > Catch-22-Joseph Heller
 > Best Short Stories by Negro Writers-Langston Hughes, ed.
 > Brave New World-Aldous Huxley
 > Ulysses-James Joyce
 > The Phantom Tollbooth-Norton Juster
 > A Day No Pigs Would Die - Robert Peck
 > Heather Has Two Mommies -Leslea Newman
 > Christine - Stephen King
 > Fallen Angels - Walter Myers
 > The New Teenage Body Book - Kathy McCoy and Charles Wibbelsman
 > Little Red Riding Hood - Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
 > The Headless Cupid - Zilpha Snyder
 > Night Chills - Dean Koontz
 > Lord of the Flies - William Golding
 > A Separate Peace - John Knowles
 > James and the Giant Peach- Roald Dahl
 > Bridge to Terabithia - Katherine Paterson
 > Scary Stories in the Dark - Alvin Schwartz
 > Cujo;The Shining-Stephen King
 > A Separate Peace-John Knowles
 > Lady Chatterley's Lover-D.H. Lawrence
 > To Kill a Mockingbird-Harper Lee
 > Tropic of Cancer-Henry Miller
 > The Bluest Eye; Song of Solomon-Toni Morrison
 > Leslea Newman - Heather Has Two Mommies
 > Desire Under the Elms; Strange Interlude-Eugene O'Neill
 > 1984-George Orwell
 > Bridge to Terabithia-Katherine Paterson
 > The Bell Jar-Sylvia Plath
 > The Story of O-Pauline R,age
 > Always RunningLuis- Rodriguez
 > The Satanic Verses-Salman Rushdie
 > The Catcher in the Rye-J.D. Salinger
 > Last Exit to Brooklyn-Hubert Selby, Jr.
 > In the Night Kitchen-Maurice Sendak
 > The Merchant of Venice; Romeo and Juliet-William Shakespeare
 > A Thousand Acres-Jane Smiley
 > The Grapes of Wrath; Of Mice and Men; The Red Pony-John Steinbeck
 > Huckleberry Finn-Mark Twain
 > Slaughterhouse-Five-Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
 > The Color Purple; In Love and Trouble-Alice Walker
 > Leaves of Grass- Walt Whitman
 > Daddy's Roommate-Michael Willhoite
 > Memoirs of Hecate County-Edmund Wilson
 > Native Son; Black Boy - Richard Wright
 > Scary Stories (Series) by Alvin Schwartz
 > Daddy's Roommate by Michael Willhoite
 > I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
 > The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
 > The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
 > Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
 > Harry Potter (Series) by J.K. Rowling
 > Forever by Judy Blume
 > Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
 > Alice (Series) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
 > Heather Has Two Mommies by Leslea Newman
 > My Brother Sam is Dead by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
 > The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
 > The Giver by Lois Lowry
 > It's Perfectly Normal by Robie Harris
 > Goosebumps (Series) by R.L. Stine
 > A Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Newton Peck
 > The Color Purple by Alice Walker
 > Sex by Madonna
 > Earth's Children (Series) by Jean M. Auel
 > The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson
 > A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
 > Go Ask Alice by Anonymous
 > Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers
 > In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak
 > The Stupids (Series) by Harry Allard
 > The Witches by Roald Dahl
 > The New Joy of Gay Sex by Charles Silverstein
 > Anastasia Krupnik (Series) by Lois Lowry
 > The Goats by Brock Cole
 > Kaffir Boy by Mark Mathabane
 > Blubber by Judy Blume
 > Killing Mr. Griffin by Lois Duncan
 > Halloween ABC by Eve Merriam
 > We All Fall Down by Robert Cormier
 > Final Exit by Derek Humphry
 > The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
 > Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George
 > The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
 > What's Happening to my Body? by Lynda Madaras
 > To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
 > Beloved by Toni Morrison
 > The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
 > The Pigman by Paul Zindel
 > Bumps in the Night by Harry Allard
 > Deenie by Judy Blume
 > Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
 > Annie on my Mind by Nancy Garden
 > The Boy Who Lost His Face by Louis Sachar
 > Cross Your Fingers, Spit in Your Hat by Alvin Schwartz
 > A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein
 > Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
 > Sleeping Beauty Trilogy by A.N. Roquelaure (Anne Rice)
 > Asking About Sex and Growing Up by Joanna Cole
 > Cujo by Stephen King
 > James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
 > The Anarchist Cookbook by William Powell
 > Boys and Sex by Wardell Pomeroy
 > Ordinary People by Judith Guest
 > American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
 > Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
 > Crazy Lady by Jane Conly
 > Athletic Shorts by Chris Crutcher
 > Fade by Robert Cormier
 > Guess What? by Mem Fox
 > The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende
 > The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline Cooney
 > Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
 > Lord of the Flies by William Golding
 > Native Son by Richard Wright
 > Women on Top: How Real Life Has Changed Women's Fantasies by Nancy Friday
 > Curses, Hexes and Spells by Daniel Cohen
 > Jack by A.M. Homes
 > Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo A. Anaya
 > Where Did I Come From? by Peter Mayle
 > Carrie by Stephen King
 > Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume
 > On My Honor by Marion Dane Bauer
 > Arizona Kid by Ron Koertge
 > Family Secrets by Norma Klein
 > Mommy Laid An Egg by Babette Cole
 > The Dead Zone by Stephen King
 > The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
 > Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
 > Always Running by Luis Rodriguez
 > Private Parts by Howard Stern
 > Where's Waldo? by Martin Hanford
 > Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene
 > Little Black Sambo by Helen Bannerman
 > Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
 > Running Loose by Chris Crutcher
 > Sex Education by Jenny Davis
 > The Drowning of Stephen Jones by Bette Greene
 > Girls and Sex by Wardell Pomeroy
 > How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell
 > View from the Cherry Tree by Willo Davis Roberts
 > The Headless Cupid by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
 > The Terrorist by Caroline Cooney
 > Jump Ship to Freedom by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
 > Bastard Out of Carolina-Dorothy Allison
 > American Heritage Dictionary
 > The Anarchist Cookbook
 > I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings-Maya Angelou
 > Go Ask Alice-Anonymous
 > If Beale Street Could Talk-James Baldwin --
 > The Wizard of Oz-Frank L. Baum --
 > Deenie; Forever; Tiger Eyes;Blubber;Wifey.-Judy Blume --
 > Boston Women's Health Book Collective - Our Bodies, Ourselves
 > Fahrenheit 451-Ray Bradbury -
 > Tarzan-Edgar Rice Burroughs
 > Naked Lunch- William Burroughs
 > The Chocolate War-Robert Cormier
 > Charlie and the Chocolate Factory; Witches-Roald Dahl
 > On the Origin of Species-Charles Darwin
 > Invisible Man-Ralph Ellison
 > As I Lay Dying; Mosquitos-William Faulkner
 > The Great Gatsby-F. Scott Fitzgerald
 > Madame Bovary-Gustave Flaubert
 > Maurice-E.M. Forster
 > The Diary of a Young Girl-Anne Frank
 > One Hundred Years of Solitude-Gabriel Garcia Marquez
 > Annie on My Mind-Nancy Garden
 > My House-Nikki Giovanni
 > Lord of the Flies-William Golding

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