I drew this comic to celebrate Banned Books Week! This great op-ed by James Klise shows one author's experience with a challenge to intellectual freedom. The American Library Association has compiled a list of frequently banned and challenged books. Here are few of my favorite books from the list:
The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie
A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L’Engle
A Light in the Attic, by Shel Silverstein
The Giver, by Lois Lowry
In the Night Kitchen, by Maurice SendakHarry Potter series, by J.K. Rowling
Scary Stories series, by Alvin Schwartz
I have most of the books listed above on my bookshelf, but my copy of Sendak's In the Night Kitchen is the most unique. I had the book as a child, but recently bought it at a used bookstore. When I got home and opened the book, I found that the previous owner had circled the main character's genitalia and every other possible sexual reference found in the illustrations.
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11 comments:
An easy list to protect. The real question these days is where one stands on the banning or bleeping of Huckleberry Finn.
Well?
Do. Not. Touch. Huckleberry. Finn.
Huckleberry Finn is definitely a more complex issue, but I agree with Nauplion.
I read The Giver by Lois Lowry when I was in 5th grade. It isn't badly written, but it's the overall creepy factor that got me.
How odd! I just bought a secondhand "A Wrinkle in Time" yesterday and the sci-fi con :D i really don't remember anything in it being ban-worthy. Must reread promptly.
p.s. A light in the Attic? Seriously? Why?
Is this available as a poster?
Hi Anonymous: Yes, just follow the instructions on the Poster Shop page.
Yes, lets ban the books that kids actually enjoy reading.
Why really? banning inceases the allure and attencion a book gets and there is nothing wrong on those books.... well, other that the fact they make you think and enjoy it.
For the first 6 panels, I thought it was about the Bible...
"There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written or badly written. That is all." Oscar Wilde
I especially like the little dog, tagging along just to have fun. :)
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