![]() ![]() They objected to one of the characters, a white boy, calling a black child “Sambo,” “nigger,” and “coon.”ĭaddy’s Roommate by Michael Willhoite Alyson Wonderland, 1990.Ĭhallenged at numerous public libraries from 1992-1994 because it “.promotes homosexuality and is offensive.” Removed from the Brooklyn, NY school district curriculum (1992) because the school board objected to words that were “age inappropriate.” Moved from the children’s section of the Fort Worth, TX public library, the Manatee, FL public library, and the Mercer County Library System in Lawrence, NJ. Parents of a black fourth-grade student filed suit against Grand Blanc, Michigan school officials in 1979 after a teacher read this book to their son’s class. Banned, but later restricted in Peoria, IL and Hanover, PA because of strong sexual content and language.īridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson, illustrated by Donna Diamond Crowell, 1977.Ĭhallenged by parents in Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Nebraska, Kansas and Maine due to the use of swear words and references to sorcery and witchcraft.Ĭall Me Charley by Jesse Jackson Dell, 1967, c 1945. ![]() Restricted in Lindenwold, New Jersey elementary school library because of language. Challenged in Montana because of offensive language. ![]() SIX CENTURIES OF CHILDREN'S LITERATURE AT THE DE GRUMMOND COLLECTIONīlubber by Judy Blume Dell,, 1979.Ĭhallenged in Ohio and Wisconsin because the character who taunts an overweight classmate is never punished. ![]()
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