“Questioned” or Challenged Children`s Books

Challenged Fiction Books (Cont.):
- The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline B. Cooney
(J COO)
- The Fighting Ground by Avi (J AVI)
- The Giver by Lois Lowry (J LOW) (J L/NEWBERY)
- The Goats by Brock Cole (J COL)
- The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson
(J PAT)
- The Great Tree of Avalon by T.A. Barron (J BAR)
- The Journal of Scott Pendleton Collins by Walter
Dean Myers
(J MYE/DEAR AMERICA MY NAME IS AMERICA)
- The Land by Mildred D. Taylor
(J TAY/KING AWARD)
- The Lost Flower Children by Janet Taylor Lisle
(J LIS)
- The Moffats by Eleanor Estes (J EST)
- The Popularity Papers (series) by Amy Ignatow
(J IGN/POPULARITY PAPERS)
- The Slave Dancer by Paula Fox (J FOX/NEWBERY)
- The View from Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg
(J KON/NEWBERY)
- The Watsons Go to Birmingham -- 1963 by
Christopher Paul Curtis (J CUR)
- The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
(J RAS/NEWBERY)
- The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman
(J FLE/NEWBERY)
- The Wish Giver by Bill Brittain (J BRI)
- The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George
Speare (J SPE/NEWBERY)
- The Witches by Roald Dahl (J D/FIC)
- Then Again Maybe I Won't by Judy Blume (J BLU)
- Timothy of the Cay by Theodore Taylor (J TAY)
- Tripping over the Lunch Lady by Nancy Mercado
(J S.S. TRI)
- Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
(J CRE/NEWBERY)
- What Jamie Saw by Carolyn Coman (J COM)
- Wringer by Jerry Spinelli (J SPI)
Challenged Non-Fiction Books:
- A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein (J 811 SIL)
- Asking About Sex and Growing Up by Joanna Cole
(J 649.65 COL)
- Daddy's Roommate by Michael Willhoite (J 306.85 WIL)
- Halloween ABC by Eve Merriam (J 811 MER)
- I Am Jazz by Jessica Herthel & Jazz Jennings
(J 306.76 HER)
- I Saw Esau by Iona Opte (J 398.8 I)
- It’s So Amazing by Robie Harris (J 612.6 HAR)
- My Mom's Having A Baby! by Dori Hillestad Butler
(J 618.2 BUT)
- Nasreen’s Secret School by Jeanette Winter
(J 371.823 WIN)
- Nightmares by Jack Prelutsky (J 811 PRE)
- Scary Stories (series) by Alvin Schwartz (J 398.25 SCH)
(J S/NON-FIC)
- Sir Gawain and the Loathly Lady by Selina Hastings
(J 398.22 HAS)
- The Holy Bible (J 220.5 BIB)
- The Librarian of Basra: A True Story from Iraq by
Jeanette Winter (J 020.92 WIN)
- What’s Happening to My Body (series), by Lynda Madaras
(J 613 MAD) (J 612.6 MAD)
- Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein (J 811 SIL)
Challenged Biographies
- Anne Frank : The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
(J B FRA)
- The Upstairs Room by Johanna Reiss (J B REI)
Sources:
http://www.ala.org/bbooks/frequentlychallengedbooks
http://www.ala.org/news/mediapresscenter/presskits/bbw
http://www.library.illinois.edu/sshel/s-coll/findbks/addlbibs/
challengedbooks/index.htm
https://www.ila.org/initiatives/banned-books-week/books-challenged-orbanned-in-2014-2015
Normal Public Library Children’s Department
206 W. College Ave., Normal, IL 61761
Phone: (309) 454-4668
www.normalpl.org
“Questioned” or
Challenged
Children’s Books
The following is a list of some
children’s books that have been
challenged, questioned, or removed
from public and school libraries. All
titles listed are available at the
Normal Public Library, in either the
children’s department and/or the
young adult section. The top three
reasons, in order, for challenging
material are:
1. material is considered to be
sexually explicit
2. contains offensive language
3. unsuited to age group
Challenged Picture Books:
- And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson & Peter
Parnell (PIC RIC)
- Baseball Saved Us by Ken Mochizuki (E M/FIC)
- Draw Me A Star by Eric Carle (PIC CAR)
- Heather Has Two Mommies by Leslea Newman
(PIC NEW)
- If I Ran the Zoo by Dr. Seuss (PIC SEU)
- In Our Mothers' House by Patricia Polacco (PIC POL)
- In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak (PIC SEN)
- Little Black Sambo by Helen Bannerman (PIC BAN)
- Pinkerton, Behave! by Steven Kellogg (PIC KEL)
- Strega Nona by Tomie dePaola (PIC DEP)
- The Amazing Bone by William Steig (PIC STE)
- The Dirty Cowboy by Amy Timberlake (PIC TIM)
- Walter, the Farting Dog by Glen Murray & William
Kotzwinkle (PIC KOT)
- Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
(PIC SEN) (PIC SEN/CALDECOTT)
- Where’s Waldo? by Martin Hanford (PIC HAN)
- Who’s In My Family by Robie Harris (PIC HAR)
Challenged Easy Readers:
- Hop on Pop by Dr. Seuss (EZ SEU)
- Morris, the Moose (series) by B. Wiseman (EZ WIS)
- In a Dark, Dark Room: and Other Scary Stories by
Alvin Schwartz (EZ SCH)
- Scary Stories to Read When It’s Dark by Alvin
Schwartz (E S/EZREAD)
Challenged Fiction Books:
- A Taste of Blackberries by Doris Buchanan Smith
(J SMI)
- A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
(J LEN/NEWBERY)
- Abduction! by Peg Kehret (J KEH)
- Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
(J TWA)
- Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain (J TWA)
- Alice (series) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
(J NAY/ALICE)
- Anastasia Krupnik (series) by Lois Lowry (J LOW)
- Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy
Blume (J BLU)
Challenged Fiction Books (Cont.):
- Because of Winn Dixie by Katie DiCamillo (J DIC)
- Belle Prater's Boy by Ruth White (J WHI)
- Bloomability by Sharon Creech (J CRE)
- Blubber by Judy Blume (J BLU)
- Bone (series) by Jeff Smith (J S/GRAPHIC NOVEL)
(J SNI/FIC)
- Bridge To Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
(J PAT/NEWBERY)
- Call it Courage by Armstrong Sperry (J SPE/NEWBERY)
- Captain Underpants (series) by Dav Pilkey
(J PIL/CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS)
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl (J DAH)
- Charlotte's Web by E.B. White (J WHI)
- Christmas Rat by Avi (J AVI)
- Chronicles of Narnia (series) by C.S. Lewis
(J L/CHRONICLES OF NARNIA)
- Corner of the Universe by Ann M. Martin (J MAR)
- Crazy Lady by Jane Leslie Conly (J CON)
- Crispin: Cross of Lead by Avi (J AVI) (J A/NEWBERY)
- Frindle by Andrew Clements (J CLE)
- From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by
E.L. Konigsburg (J KON/NEWBERY)
- Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry (J LOW)
- George's Marvelous Medicine by Roald Dahl (J D/FIC)
- Goosebumps (series) by R.L. Stine (J S/GOOSEBUMPS)
- Harriet, the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh (J FIT)
- Harry Potter (series) by J.K. Rowling
(J R/HARRY POTTER)
- Here's to You, Rachel Robinson by Judy Blume (J B/FIC)
- His Dark Materials (series) by Philip Pullman (J PUL)
- Holes by Louis Sachar (J SAC/NEWBERY)
- Homeless Bird by Gloria Whelan (J WHE)
- How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell (J R/FIC)
- James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl (J DAH)
- Joey Pigza Loses Control (series) by Jack Gantos
(J G/JOEY PIGZA)
-Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George
(J G/NEWBERY)
- Junie B. Jones (series) by Barbara Park
(J P/JUNIE B. JONES)
- King of the Wind by Marguerite Henry
(J HEN/NEWBERY)
Challenged Fiction Books (Cont.):
- Lily's Crossing by Patricia Reilly Giff (J GIF)
- Little House on the Prairie (series) by Laura Ingalls
Wilder (J WIL/LITTLE HOUSE)
- Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (J ALC)
- Loser by Jerry Spinelli (J SPI)
- Lyddie by Katherine Paterson (J PAT)
- Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli (J SPI/NEWBERY)
- Mick Harte Was Here by Barbara Park (J PAR)
- Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard Atwater (J ATW)
- My Guy by Sarah Weeks (J W/FIC)
- Olive’s Ocean by Kevin Henkes (J HEN)
- On My Honor by Marion Dane Bauer (J BAU)
- Other Side of Truth by Beverly Naidoo (J NAI)
- Rewind by William Sleator (J SLE)
- Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor
(J TAY/NEWBERY)
- Sahara Special by Esme Raji Codell (J COD)
- Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief (series) by
Wendelin Van Draanen (J V/SAMMY KEYES)
- Series of Unfortunate Events (series) by Lemony
Snicket (J SNI/SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS)
- Shadow Children (series) by Margaret Peterson
Haddix (J HAD/SHADOW CHILDREN)
- Skeleton Man by Joseph Bruchac (J BRU)
- Snakehead (series) by Anthony Horowitz
(J H/ALEX RIDER)
- Starring Sally J. Freedman as Herself by Judy
Blume (J BLU)
- Stolen Children by Peg Kehret (J KEH)
- Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Green
(J GRE)
- Surviving the Applewhites by Stephanie Tolan (J TOL)
- Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing (series) by Judy
Blume (J BLU/FUDGE)
- The Ballad of Lucy Whipple by Karen Cushman
(J CUS)
- The Bartimaeus Trilogy (series) by Jonathan Stroud
(J STR)
- The Cay by Theodore Taylor (J TAY)
- The Egypt Game by Zilpha Keatley Snyder (J S/FIC)