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Banned Books Week 2006
 

Read Banned Books: They're Your Ticket to Freedom

The St. Charles Public Library DOES NOT BAN these books or any others.

Banned Books Week 2006 is the twenty-fifth annual celebration of the freedom to read and  It's Perfectly Normal tops the 2005 list of most challenged books according to the American Library Association (ALA).  The book was written by one of the most frequently challenged authors of the past decade, Robie H. Harris. 

The ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom received a total of 405 challenges last year.  A challenge is defined as a formal, written complaint, filed with a library or school requesting that materials be removed because of content or appropriateness.  The majority of challenges are reported by public libraries, schools and school libraries. 

The “10 Most Challenged Books of 2005” reflect a range of themes.  The books are:

cover It's Perfectly Normal for homosexuality, nudity, sex education, religious viewpoint, abortion and being unsuited to age group
cover Forever by Judy Blume for sexual content and offensive language
cover The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger for sexual content, offensive language and being unsuited to age group
cover The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier for sexual content and offensive language
cover Whale Talk by Chris Crutcher for racism and offensive language
cover Detour for Emmy by Marilyn Reynolds for sexual content
cover What My Mother Doesn't Know by Sonya Sones for sexual content and being unsuited to age group
cover Captain Underpants series by Dav Pilkey for anti-family content, being unsuited to age group and violence
cover Crazy Lady! by Jane Leslie Conly for offensive language
cover It's So Amazing! A Book about Eggs, Sperm, Birth, Babies, and Families by Robie H. Harris for sex education and sexual content

See The Illinois Library Association's BOOKS CHALLENGED OR BANNED IN 2005–2006

Read Banned Books
Read Banned Books: They're Your Ticket to Freedom

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