Controversial Books in K-12 Classrooms and Libraries
Subtitle: Challenged, Censored, and Banned
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Published: 2019
Language: eng
Number of pages: 217
ISBN-13: 9781793607874
Subjects: Written communication
Description: This book analyzes the history of book banning in K-12 classrooms and school libraries in the United States from the 1950s to the present. The author argues for the inclusion of controversial books in order to teach children to discover and debate values that are inconsistent with their own, rather than eliminating exposure to sensitive subjects.