I had reported back in a March edition of my weekly Banned Books Awareness series that Charlotte’s Web was banned in a United Kingdom school, along with Winnie the Pooh and The Three Little Pigs, because the books might offend Muslim students and their parents. The Muslim Council of...
Anyone who grew up in the 1990’s knows the meaning behind the question “Where’s Waldo?” The answer, though, might surprise you. That’s because you won’t find him in some public or school libraries in the United States. Where’s Wally? (published in the United States and Canada as Where’s Waldo?)...
Well, I’ve been doing the banned books awareness articles every week since January 3, 2011, and the response from readers all over the world has been amazing and interesting, to say the least. I was invited by the World Education Network to begin doing the series as part of...
Here’s a Jeopardy question for you: What do The Client, The Firm, The Pelican Brief, and A Time to Kill have in common? Sure, they’re among John Grisham’s bestselling works, but each has also been removed from a library because someone objected to its content. As one might expect,...
I touched on some issues involving physical characteristics with last week’s banned book, James and the Giant Peach. The conversations that resulted on several Facebook pages were still fresh in my mind when I sat down to write the next installment of my series; so when I came across...
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl tells the story of four-year-old James, who lives with his loving parents in a cottage in the south of England. James’ world is turned upside down when his parents are devoured by a rhinoceros that had escaped from the London zoo...
The Perks of Being a Wallflower is written by American novelist Stephen Chbosky, and published in 1999 by MTV. The story is narrated by a teenager who goes by the alias of “Charlie,” who describes various segments of his life through a series of letters to an anonymous person....
Back in October, 2010 I heard about Banned Books week. This is a project spearheaded by the American Library Association as “an annual event celebrating the freedom to read and the importance of the First Amendment”. Held during the last week of September, Banned Books Week highlights the benefits of free and...
I love South Park. I just can’t get enough of the show. Much like The Simpsons, it has a never-ending supply of material ripped from the headlines of pop culture and politics; but, unlike The Simpsons, the folks over at South Park Studios don’t pull any punches. Nothing is...
The Banned Book Awareness and Reading for Knowledge project has gone global and has partnered with the World Education Network. All articles will soon be posted to that news website as a feature of their Social Change section. World.edu is headquartered in Queensland, Australia, and primarily deals with education articles...