The CILIP Carnegie Medal has released its long list of nominees. This will later be amended to a short list, but it is always fun to see what British books are catching the eye of award panels. This set of books are for the 2005 award which is awarded in 2006. Some of the titles will be familiar to American readers, but others are complete surprises.
Day: March 11, 2006
2005 Most Challenged Books
“It’s Perfectly Normal” tops ALA’s 2005 list of most challenged books
Here are the top challenged books this last year:
“It’s Perfectly Normal” for homosexuality, nudity, sex education, religious viewpoint, abortion and being unsuited to age group;
“Forever” by Judy Blume for sexual content and offensive language;
“The Catcher in the Rye” by J.D. Salinger for sexual content, offensive language and being unsuited to age group;
“The Chocolate War” by Robert Cormier for sexual content and offensive language;
“Whale Talk” by Chris Crutcher for racism and offensive language;
“Detour for Emmy” by Marilyn Reynolds for sexual content;
“What My Mother Doesn’t Know” by Sonya Sones for sexual content and being unsuited to age group;
Captain Underpants series by Dav Pilkey for anti-family content, being unsuited to age group and violence;
“Crazy Lady!” by Jane Leslie Conly for offensive language; and
“It’s So Amazing! A Book about Eggs, Sperm, Birth, Babies, and Families” by Robie H. Harris for sex education and sexual content.
Boy, these folks need to read some new books! Some of these titles have been under attack for years and years. Let’s give them a break and find some new books to question.
Seriously, the good news is that some of the old guard have fallen off the list like Huckleberry Finn, Of Mice and Men, and the Alice series by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor.
Waking Brain Cells 