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Hit list for children 2

frequently challenged books
2002
Stupids / Harry Allard and James Marshall -- Blubber / Judy Blume -- Mommy laid an egg! or, Where do babies come from? / Babette Cole -- Goats / Brock Cole -- My brother Sam is dead / James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier -- James and the Giant Peach / Roald Dahl -- Witches / Roald Dahl -- Guess what? / Mem Fox -- Julie of the wolves / Jean Craighead George -- It's perfectly normal / Robie H. Harris and Michael Emberley -- Wrinkle in time / Madeleine L'Engle -- Giver / Lois Lowry -- Anastasia Krupnik ; Anastasia at your service / Lois Lowry -- Agony of Alice ; Alice in rapture, sort of ; Reluctantly Alice ; All but Alice ; Alice in April ; Alice in-between ; Alice the brave ; Alice in lace ; Outrageously Alice ; Achingly Alice ; Alice on the outside ; Grooming of Alice ; Alice alone / Phyllis Reynolds Naylor -- Heather has two mommies / Leslea Newman -- Bridge to Terabithia / Katherine Paterson -- Great Gilly Hopkins / Katherine Paterson -- Harry Potter and the sorcerer's stone ; Harry Potter and the chamber of secrets ; Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban ; Harry Potter and the goblet of fire / J.K. Rowling -- Boy who lost his face / Louis Sachar -- Scary stories to tell in the dark ; More scary stories to tell in the dark ; Scary stories: More tales to chill your bones / Alvin Schwartz -- In the night kitchen / Maurice Sendak -- Light in the attic / Shel Silverstein -- Goosebumps / R.L. Stine -- Daddy's roommate / Michael Wilhoite.

Fahrenheit 451

1981
A story set in the future about a society which would not allow books to exist.

The horror! the horror!

comic books the government didn't want you to read!
2010
Presents a collection of rare horror comics which were banned by Congress in the 1950s due to their negative influence on juveniles, featuring over two hundred covers and complete stories by Murphy Anderson, Al Feldstein, Don Heck, Marie Severin, and others; and providing commentary on the cultural histories and contexts of each of the stories. Includes a DVD with a thirty-minute program from 1955 about the "evils" of comic books.

Internet censorship

2014
Examines whether or not the Internet should be censored, who should govern the Internet, what the best ways to fight Internet Censorship are, and which legal measures effectively address Internet Censorship.

Purity in print

book censorship in America from the Gilded Age to the Computer Age
2002

Bad for you

the truth behind the campaign against fun
2013
Presents facts, figures and more to debunk myths about things, including comic books, video games throughout history that have been deemed to cause bad behavior and psychological damage in children.

Censored 2014

fearless speech in fateful times : the top censored stories and media analysis of 2012-13
2013
Collects the most censored media stories of 2012-13 as identified by Project Censored, including articles on bank interests, wireless technology as a health crisis, and fracking our food supply.

Fahrenheit 451

2010
In a society in which books are outlawed, Guy Montag, a regimented fireman in charge of burning the forbidden volumes, meets a revolutionary school teacher who dares to read, but when he becomes a hunted fugitive, Montag is forced to make a choice between personal safety and intellectual freedom. Presented in Spanish.

Books on fire

the destruction of libraries throughout history
2007
Presents a historical survey of the destruction of libraries throughout history, including those in ancient Alexandria, the Chinese Qing Dynasty, as well as those destroyed in Nazi-occupied Europe and the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

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