CHALLENGED and BANNED CHILDREN’S BOOKS

PICTURE BOOKS

Allard, Harry. The Stupids step out. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1974.

jE PZ 2 AL528 st

Allard, Harry. The Stupids take off. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1989.

jE PZ 2 AL528 su

Bannerman, Helen. The story of Little Black Sambo. New York: HarperCollins, 1990.

jE PZ 2 B2268 stL 1990

Bishop, Claire Huchet. The five Chinese brothers. New York: Sandcastle Books, 1989, 1938.

jE PZ 2 B5415 fi 1989

Brunhoff, Jean de. The story of Babar, the little elephant. New York: Random House, 1960.

jE PZ 2 B8356 st

Bunting, Eve. Smoky night. San Diego: Harcourt Brace, 1994.

jE PZ 2 B8865 sm

Carle, Eric. Draw me a star. New York: PaperStar, 1998, 1992.

jE PZ 2 C1924 dr 1998

Fox, Mem. Guess what? San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1990, 1988.

jE PZ 2 F8323 gu

Handford, Martin. Where’s Waldo? Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press, 1997.

jE PZ 2 H1915 wh 1997

Herron, Carolivia. Nappy hair. New York Dragonfly Books, 1999, 1997.

jE PZ 2 H4368 nap 1999

Newman, Leslea. Heather has two mommies. Boston, MA: Alyson Wonderland, 1989.

jE PZ 2 N4658 he

Richardson, Justin. And Tango makes three. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005.

jE PZ 2 R3947 an

Sendak, Maurice. In the night kitchen. New York: Harper & Row, 1970.

jE PZ 2 Se577 in

Sendak, Maurice. Where the wild things are. New York: HarperCollins, 1991.

jE PZ 2 Se557 wh 1991

Seuss, Dr. The Lorax. New York: Random House, 1971.

jE PZ 2 Se815 Lo

Steig, William. The amazing bone. New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1976.

jE PZ 2 St334 am

Steig, William. Sylvester and the magic pebble. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1980, 1969.

jE PZ 2 St334 sy 1980

Williams, Garth. The rabbits wedding. New York: Harper, 1958.

jE PZ 2 W6723 ra

Willhoite, Michael. Daddy’s roommate. Boston, MA: Alyson Wonderland, 1991, 1990.

jE PZ 2 W6699 da

Yashima, Taro. Crow Boy. New York: Viking Press, 1955.

jE PZ 2 Y266 cr

FICTION

Anderson, Laurie Halse. Speak. New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1999.

j PZ 1 An234 sp

Avi. The fighting ground. New York: Lippincott, 1984.

j PZ 1 Av511 fi

Bauer, Marion Dane. On my honor. New York: Clarion Books, 1986.

j PZ 1 B3265 on

Blume, Judy. Are you there God? It’s me, Margaret. New York: Bradbury Press, 1970.

j PZ 1 B6257 ar

Blume, Judy. Blubber. New York: Dell Publishing Co, 1974.

j PZ 1 B6257 bL

Blume, Judy. Tiger eyes: a novel. Scarsdale, NY: Bradbury Press, 1981.

j PZ 1 B6257 ti

Cole, Brock. The goats. New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1987.

j PZ 1 C6742 gp

Collier, James Lincoln. My brother Sam is dead. New York: Four Winds Press, 1974.

j PZ 1 C6906 my

Conly, Jane Leslie. Crazy lady. New York: Harper/Collins, 1993.

j PZ 1 C7616 cr

Cooney, Caroline B. The face on the milk carton. New York: Bantam Books, 1990.

j PZ 1 C7836 fa

Cormier, Robert. The chocolate war: a novel. New York: Pantheon Books, 1974.

j PZ 1 C8135 ch

Cormier, Robert. We all fall down. New York: Delacorte Press, 1991.

j PZ 1 C8135 we

Crutcher, Chris. Athletic shorts: six short stories. New York: Greenwillow Books, 1991.

j PZ 1 C8895 at

Crutcher, Chris. Staying fat for Sarah Byrnes. New York: Greenwillow Books, 1993.

j PZ 1 C8895 st

Crutcher, Chris. Whale talk. New York: Greenwillow Books, 2001.

j PZ 1 C8895 wh

Dahl, Roald. Charlie and the chocolate factory. New York: Knopf, 2001, 1964.

j PZ 1 D1377 chc 2001

Dahl, Roald. James and the giant peach: a children’s story. New York: Knopf, 1961.

j PZ 1 D1377 ja

Dahl, Roald. The witches. New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1983.

j PZ 1 D1377 wi

DiCamillo, Kate. Because of Winn-Dixie. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press, 2000.

j PZ 1 D5475 be

Garden, Nancy. Annie on my mind. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1992, 1982.

j PZ 1 G1675 am 1992

George, Jean Craighead. Julie of the wolves. New York: Harper & Row, 1972.

j PZ 1 G2934 ju

Going, K. L. (Kelly L). Fat kids rules the world. New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 2003.

j PZ 1 G5615 fat

Greene, Bette. Summer of my German soldier. New York: Dial Books, 1973.

j PZ 1 G8303 su

Henkes, Kevin. Olive’s ocean. New York: Greenwillow Books, 2003.

j PZ 1 H3895 oL

Hinton, S. E. The outsiders. New York: Viking Press, 1967.

j PZ 1 H5975 ou

Konigsburg, E. L. Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and me, Elizabeth. New York:

Atheneum, 1967.

j PZ 1 K8366 je

L’Engle, Madeleine. A wrinkle in time. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1987, 1962.

j PZ 1 L5475 wr 1987

Lewis, C. S. The lion, the witch, and the wardrobe. New York: HarperCollins, 1994.

j PZ 1 L5855 Li 1994

Lowry, Lois. Anastasia Krupnik. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1979.

j PZ 1 L9557 an

Lowry, Lois. The giver. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1993.

j PZ 1 L9557 gi

Mazer, Norma Fox. After the rain. New York: W. Morrow, 1987.

j PZ 1 M4577 af

Myers, Walter Dean. Fallen angels. New York: Scholastic, 1988.

j PZ 1 M9924 faL

Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds. The agony of Alice. New York: Atheneum, 1985.

j PZ 1 N2345 ag

Paterson, Katherine. Bridge to Terabithia. New York: Crowell, 1977.

j PZ 1 P2735 br

Paterson, Katherine. The great Gilly Hopkins. New York: Crowell, 1978.

j PZ 1 P2735 gr

Park, Barbara. Junie B. first grader: aloha-ha-ha! New York: Random House, 2006.

j PZ 1 P21965 jua

Paulsen, Gary. Harris and me: a summer remembered. San Diego: Harcourt Brace & Co, 1993.

j PZ 1 P2856 h

Peck, Robert Newton. A day no pigs would die. New York: Knopf, 1972.

j PZ 1 P3366 da

Pilkey, Dav. The adventures of Captain Underpants: an epic novel. New York: Blue Sky Press, 1997.

j PZ 1 P6444 ad

Rockwell, Thomas. How to eat fried worms. New York: F. Watts, 1973.

j PZ 1 R5955 ho

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the sorcerer’s stone. New York: Arthur A. Levine Books, 1998.

j PZ 1 R7975 har

Snyder, Zilpha Keatley. The headless Cupid. New York: Atheneum, 1971.

j PZ 1 Sn925 he

Snyder, Zilpha Keatley. The witches of Worm. New York: Atheneum, 1972.

j PZ 1 Sn925 wi

Sperry, Armstrong. Call it courage. New York: Macmillan, 1940.

j PZ 1 Sp375 ca

Taylor, Mildred D. Roll of thunder, hear my cry. New York: Dial Press, 1976.

j PZ 1 T2165 ro

Taylor, Theodore. The cay. New York: Delacorte Press, 1987, 1969.

j PZ 1 T2187 ca 1987

Twain, Mark. The adventures of Huckleberry Finn. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1979.

j PZ 1 T9115 ad 1979

Twain, Mark. The adventures of Tom Sawyer. New York: Morrow, 1989.

j PZ 1 T9115 adt 1989

Watkins, Yoko Kawashima. So far from the bamboo grove. New York; Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1986.

j PZ 1 W3288 so

Westerfield, Scott. Uglies. New York: Simon Pulse, 2005.

j PZ 1 W5384 ug

White, Ruth. Belle Prater’s boy. New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1996.

j PZ 1 W5855 be

Wilder, Laura Ingalls. Little house on the prairie. New York: Harper & Row, 1953.

j PZ 1 W6457 Lio 1953

Zindel, Paul. The pigman: a novel. New York: HarperCollins, 1968.

j PZ 1 Z664 pi

INFORMATION/FOLKLORE/POETRY

DePaola, Tomie. Strega Nona: an old tale. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1975.

Curr PZ 8.1 D43 St 1975

Grimm, Jacob. Grimm’s complete fairy tales. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, [n.d.].

Curr PZ 8 G882 Gr

Harris, Robie H. It’s perfectly normal: a book about changing bodies, growing up, sex, and sexual health.

Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press, 1994.

Curr HQ 53 H37 1994

Harris, Robie H. It’s so amazing! : a book about eggs, sperm, birth, babies and families. Cambridge, MA:

Candlewick Press, 1999.

Curr QP251.5 H37 1999

Hyman, Trina Schart. Little Red Riding Hood. New York: Holiday House, 1983.

Curr PZ 8 H994 Li 1983

I saw Esau: the schoolchild’s pocket book / edited by Iona and Peter Opie. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick

Press, 1992.

Curr PR 977 I185 1992

Maruki, Toshi. Hiroshima no pika. New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books, 1982, 1980.

Curr D 767.25 H6 M2913 1982

Merriam, Eve. Halloween A B C. New York: Macmillan, 1987.

Curr PS 3525 E639 H34 1987

Myers, Walter Dean. Bad boy: a memoir. New York: HarperCollins, 2001.

Curr PS 3563 Y48 Z47 2001

Reiss, Johanna. The upstairs room. New York: Crowell, 1972.

Curr D 810 J4 R42 1972

Schwartz, Alvin. More scary stories to tell in the dark. New York: Lippincott, 1984.

Curr PZ 8.1 S399 Mo 1984

Schwartz, Alvin. Scary stories to tell in the dark. New York: Lippincott, 1981.

Curr PZ 8.1 S399 Sc 1981

Schwartz, Alvin. Scary stories 3: more tales to chill your bones. New York: HarperCollins, 1991.

Curr PZ 8.1 S399 Sb 1991

Silverstein, Shel. A light in the attic. New York: Harper & Row, 1981.

Curr PS 3569 I47224 L5 1981

Silverstein, Shel. Where the sidewalk ends. New York: Harper & Row, 1974.

Curr PS 3569 I47224 W48 1974

SOURCES

Banned and challenged picture books

http://epl.bibliocommons.com/list/show/69128707_wendylibrarian/70680896_banned_and_challenge

d_picture_books

The 15 Most Controversial Picture Books http://blisstree.com/live/the-15-most-controversial-picture-

books-366/

Free to Read! Banned and Challenged Books

http://www.uwec.edu/Library/imc/bibliographies/upload/banned-books.pdf

Frequently and Prominently Challenged Children’s Books

http://www.mvcc.edu/academics/library/challenged_childrenbks.pdf

Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books in 2000-2009

http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/banned/frequentlychallenged/challengedbydecade/2000_2009

/index.cfm