Red Riding Hood’s Alcoholism, Interracial Rabbit Relationships & Other Ridiculous Reasons Books Have Been Banned

It’s Banned Books Week, and in celebration of our freedom to read, we’re taking a look back at some of the most popular literary classics – new and old – that were challenged, censored, and in some cases, pulled off the shelves. And you won’t believe which ones made the list! What makes these titles so taboo, and how many are in your child’s library?

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http://twitter.com/MadameGigglez ThatUpsetBrownGirl

wait Captain Underpants was banned?! That was one of the first books that i read entirely! And i laughed at every other page because it was funny!
http://www.facebook.com/bryan.porter.39 Bryan Porter

Ah, good ol’ Shel Silverstein. My favorite poem by him was, “The Great Smoke Out”. But, that one is definitely NOT a kids poem.
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camcampgirl

I don’t think books should be banned, but I definitely think there are some books that are age appropriate. I’ll never forget reading Maya Angelou’s “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” in early middle school for a book report. It was definitely not age appropriate for me at the time, and I told my teacher so. But “My Friend Flicka?” That word was the technical term for female dog back when that book was written, and when I saw it in the book when I read it in the second or third grade, I asked my parents why a bad word was in my book, and they explained that to me. I was totally satisfied, and felt no need to have a great book banned because of one word that is now used differently. Times change, as well as the meanings of words, but a great book is a great book for all time!
- Scott
  
  you silly girl, “flicka” is not a curse word. It simply means “girl” in Swedish.
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Scott

“Daddy’s Roommate” is perverted. I can understand why this was banned. Is there no end to perverts trying to ram their sin down our throats at every turn?
- Erin
  
  Are you serious? This is a real issue kids see every day – either in the news, from their friends, and yes, even from their friends’ two dads. If you believe burying your child’s head in the sand is miraculously going to make this topic disappear, you are sadly mistaken and I feel for your child’s mind growing up with such brainwashing.
  - http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000580129865 Nancy Law
    
    I agree with Scott. It is a book about perversion. Only 1-2% of the population suffers by CHOICE from this perversion. Our school doesn’t have our kids waste their time on the perverted gay agenda. We don’t embrace perversion. Kids have more important topics to learn about.
    - http://www.facebook.com/mary.e.wood.39 Mary Ellen Wood
      
      Nancy have u read romantic novels on every book shelf in America, talk about perversion. They should ban your comments due to your inability to understand that love between gay men and women is not a choice nor is it “perverted gay agenda.” Open your mind, this world has “come a long way lady,”
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Mettima Surbeqsu

none of these are band in Des moines Iowa, i don’t know about the whole state but most likely the whole state.
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Ani

Use of racial epithets does NOT make a book racist! Typically, they’re used to better understand the setting in which the story takes place. Most of these books were decidedly ANTI-racism!
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donbronkema1

What exemplary ignorance of tongues!
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http://www.facebook.com/people/Dan-Wilson/100002922122406 Dan Wilson

The sad part is that the people making the decision to ban a book are usually ignorant or have a agenda. If those people actually took the word in it’s context; the meanings would be clear.
As far a sexuality is concerned, it is artistic expression as long as there are no images.
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Kae

What these articles always leave out – is that these books are banned at random locations, but not everywhere. I’m a librarian … and yes, books get banned. We also celebrate banned book week – and many libraries carry these “banned” books which confuses people … since they are supposed to be banned. It just means that someone, somewhere didn’t like a book and lodged a compliant. The book is still in thousands of other libraries and available for purchase.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Clark-Magnuson/100000175047362 Clark Magnuson

Today when we ban something, we call it hate speech.
billy bishop

I’m in favor of banning ALL books that plant seeds indicating homo’s, interracial marrige and atheism are okay. Only God condemmed idiots would try to mainsteam that crap!
- http://twitter.com/JosiahJacob josiah jacob
  
  i’d bet money you’re trolling.
billy bishop

Here’s a few more childrens books that were banned:

1. You Are Different and That’s Bad

2. The Boy Who Died From Eating All His Vegetables

3. Dad’s New Wife Robert

4. Fun four-letter Words to Know and Share

5. Hammers, Screwdrivers and Scissors: An I-Can-Do-It Book

6. The Kids’ Guide to Hitchhiking

7. Kathy Was So Bad Her Mom Stopped Loving Her

8. Curious George and the High-Voltage Fence

9. All Cats Go to Hell

10. The Little Sissy Who Snitched

11. Some Kittens Can Fly.

12. That’s it, I’m Putting You Up for Adoption

13. Grandpa Gets a Casket

14. The Magic World Inside the Abandoned Refrigerator

15. Garfield Gets Feline Leukemia

16. The Pop-Up Book of Human Anatomy

17. Strangers Have the Best Candy

18. Whining, Kicking and Crying to Get Your Way

19. You Were an Accident

20. Things Rich Kids Have, But You Never Will

21. Pop! Goes The Hamster…And Other Great Microwave Games

22. The Man in the Moon Is Actually Satan

23. Your Nightmares Are Real

24. Where Would You Like to Be Buried?

25. Eggs, Toilet Paper, and Your School

26. Why Can’t Mr. Fork and Ms. Electrical Outlet Be Friends?

27. Places Where Mommy and Daddy Hide Neat Things

28. Daddy Drinks Because You Cry
HomerGreenz

Conservatives, abusing the power of the Church, the government or both, ban books because they’re too stupid, ignorant and useless to come up with valid arguments that combat the ideas they don’t like on a level playing field. That’s the way it’s always been and always will be. Get jobs and lives, ConLosers; stop blaming all of your personal problems on Obama.
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bigfootnells

I think stories like this should also post when, where and if the bans were upheld. Or people spoke up to have the bans removed. It makes a huge difference if they were banned yesterday, 20 years or 100 years ago. Or if it was banned at one isolated location or on a wider scale. But most important if the ban was allowed to stand. This also reminds me of how awful our 2 choices were in 2000 for the Presidential elections. I knew then and Bush later proved that he was not presidential material. While on the other side although Al Gore seemed harmless enough. Because of her views on censorship/banning I didn’t want Tipper Gore anywhere near the Oval office wielding any kind of real power.
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