Books under fire
Subtitle: a hit list of banned and challenged children's books
By: Pat Scales
Publisher: American Library Association; ALA Editions, An imprint of the American Library Association
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780838911099
Subjects: Prohibited books; Bibliography; Challenged books; Children's literature; School libraries; Books and reading; Censorship; Children
Description: Many things have changed since ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) was founded in 1967, but not everything: the most beloved and popular children's books are still among the most challenged, frequent targets of censorship and outright bans. Limiting access to controversial titles such as Captain Underpants, The Dirty Cowboy, Blubber, or Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark or leaving them out of a library's collection altogether is not the answer to challenges. In this important book, Scales gives librarians the information and guidance they need to defend challenged books with an informed response while ensuring access to young book lovers.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Table of contents: title: The absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian by Sherman Alexie; title: The fighting ground by Avi; title: Uncle Bobby's wedding by Sarah S. Brannen; title: Blubber by Judy Blume; title: My mom's having a baby by Dori Hillestad Butler and illustrated by Carol Thompson; title: Mommy laid an egg! or, Where do babies come from by Babette Cole; title: My brother Sam is dead by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier; title: The hunger games by Suzanne Collins; title: The Watsons go to Birmingham - 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis; title: Julie of the wolves by Jean Craighead George; title: Summer of my German soldier by Bette Greene; title: Dead man in Indian Creek by Mary Downing Hahn; title: It's perfectly normal : a book about changing bodies, growing up, sex, and sexual health by Robie H. Harris and illustrated by Michael Emberley; title: Diary of a wimpy kid series by Jeff Kinney; title: Anastasia Krupnik series by Lois Lowry; title: The giver by Lois Lowry; title: Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor; title: The Alice series by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor; title: Junie B. Jones series by Barbara Park; title: The family book by Todd Parr; title: Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson; title: The higher power of lucky by Susan Patron; title: Harris and me : a summer remembered by Gary Paulsen; title: Mexican white boy by Matt de la Peą; title: Captain Underpants series by Dav Pilkey; title: In our mothers' house by Patricia Polacco; title: And Tango makes three by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell and illustrated by Henry Cole; title: Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling; title: Scary stories series by Alvin Schwartz and illustrated by Brett Helquist; title: How to get suspended and influence people by Adam Selzer; title: Bone series by Jeff Smith; title: Roll of thunder, hear my cry by Mildred D. Taylor; title: The dirty cowboy by Amy Timberlake and illustrated by Adam Rex; title: Stuck in neutral by Terry Trueman; title: Appendix A Resources for teaching young readers about the First Amendment; title: Appendix B Bibliography: professional resources about book censorship and the freedom to read; title: Appendix C Ranking of children's and young adult books in the top 100 most banned or challenged books list: 2000-2009; title: Appendix D Children's classics and why they have been challenged; title: Appendix E Caldecott Medal and honor books : why they have been challenged; title: Appendix F John Newbery Medal and honor books : why they have been challenged.