A subject near to my heart, the Freedom of expression.....Some great quotes on the site. Indizoo gives Forbidden Books a Zoo Star for putting together a site that has some great resources and lots of food for thought in the Politics/Issues category.
CAUTION!
This site features books some people consider "dangerous." Learn what people find offensive about:
- Fahrenheit 451 - expurgated copies used in class...a book on censorship got censored!
- James and the Giant Peach - promotes drugs and disobedience!
- Where's Waldo - nudity!
- 1984 - "pro-communist"!
- The Lorax - criminalizes the logging industry!
- Zen Buddhism: Selected Writings - portrays Buddhism as appealing!
- Slaughterhouse Five - foul language, "magic fingers," and mentions an almighty clothing fastener!
...Read about these and MORE
The books listed on my site were all challenged on some grounds by groups who wished to impose restrictions on them. Some were removed from reading lists, some were removed from school or public libraries, some were burned in bonfires. I do not claim that all of the books in my list are for the same age group, nor do I believe they are all equally suitable for academic reading lists. I merely report documented challenges to books, and in some cases poke fun at the rationale used by those who object to the works mentioned.
I put the website together because I did not find any of the specific rationale for challenging the works I list compelling in any way. In fact, many of the reasons were quite humorous. I believe that books, and children, are individuals, and none deserve to be labeled.
An idea that is not dangerous
is unworthy of being called an idea at all.
--Oscar Wilde
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