Banned in the U.S.A. : a reference guide to book censorship in schools and public libraries / Herbert N. Foerstel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Foerstel, Herbert N.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Censorship--United States.

Censorship.

Public libraries--Book selection.

Book selection.

Public schools--Censorship.

Public schools.

Public libraries--Censorship.

Public libraries.

Textbooks--Censorship.

United States.

Textbooks--Censorship--United States.

Textbooks.

Public libraries--Censorship--United States.

Public schools--Censorship--United States.

Book selection--United States.

Public libraries--Book selection--United States.

Physical Description:

xxvii, 296 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

Revised and expanded edition.

Other Title:

Banned in the USA

Banned in the United States of America

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2002.

Summary:

The most respected reference work on book censorship in schools and public libraries has been completely revised, updated, and expanded.

Contents:

Chapter 1 A Survey of Major Bookbanning Incidents 1

Kanawha County: West

By God

Virginia 1

Godless Textbooks in Washington County, Virginia 7

Island Trees v. Pico: A First Amendment Victory 11

Conflict and Compromise in Prince George's County 15

Hawkins County, Tennessee: My Way or the Highway 23

Graves County: Kentucky-Fried Faulkner 31

Panama City, Florida: Darkness in the Sunshine State 39

Blasphemy in Cheshire, Connecticut 50

Impressions: The Textbook That Brought Paganism to California Public Schools 55

Nappy Hair: It Took a Book to Lose a Teacher 58

Black and Banned: Books by African Women Cause a Furor in Maryland 62

Chapter 2 The Law on Bookbanning 73

Appropriate Means and Legitimate Purposes 74

The Right to Receive Ideas 79

Secularism and Sex: The Twin Threats to America 94

Hazelwood: A Chill Wind for the 1990s 97

Improving on the First Amendment: States Seek Remedies to Hazelwood Restraints 103

Positive Impressions: Courts and Schools Find Common Ground 108

Legislative Attacks on the Internet: Implications for Bookbanning in Schools and Libraries 112

Hit Man: The Courts Say the Book Made Him Do It 122

Chapter 3 Voices of Banned Authors 131

Judy Blume 131

Daniel Cohen 142

Robert Cormier 148

David Guterson 156

Leslea Newman 161

Katherine Paterson 165

Jan Slepian 171

Chapter 4 The Most Frequently Banned or Challenged Books, 1996-2000 179

The Harry Potter Books / J.K. Rowling 180

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn / Mark Twain, Samuel Clemens 188

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings / Maya Angelou 194

Of Mice and Men / John Steinbeck 197

The Chocolate War / Robert Cormier 201

It's Perfectly Normal: A Book about Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex, and Sexual Health / Robie H. Harris 204

The Color Purple / Alice Walker 206

My Brother Sam Is Dead / James Lincoln Collier, Christopher Collier 208

Kaffir Boy: The True Story of a Black Youth's Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa / Mark Mathabane 210

The Catcher in the Rye / J.D. Salinger 212

Daddy's Roommate / Michael Willhoite 214

The House of Spirits / Isabel Allende 216

Native Son / Richard Wright 218

Fallen Angels / Walter Myers 219

Beloved / Toni Morrison 220

Goosebumps Series / R.L. Stine 222

Snow Falling on Cedars / David Guterson 224

We All Fall Down / Robert Cormier 225

Go Ask Alice / Anonymous 226

Bless Me, Ultima / Rudolfo Anaya 228

The Handmaid's Tale / Margaret Atwood 229

The Bluest Eye / Toni Morrison 230

Flowers for Algernon / Daniel Keyes 231

To Kill a Mockingbird / Harper Lee 233

Iceman / Chris Lynch 234

The Alice Series / Phyllis Reynolds Naylor 235

Brave New World / Aldous Huxley 237

One Fat Summer / Robert Lipsyte 238

Always Running: La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A. / Luis A. Rodriguez 239

Slaughterhouse-Five / Kurt Vonnegut 241

The Joy of Gay Sex/The New Joy of Gay Sex / Charles Silverstein 243

Forever / Judy Blume 244

Heather Has Two Mommies / Leslea Newman 245

Two Teenagers in Twenty: Writings by Gay and Lesbian Youth / edited by Ann Heron 246

The Drowning of Stephen Jones / Bette Greene 247

Women on Top: How Real Life Has Changed Women's Sexual Fantasies / Nancy Friday 248

The Giver / Lois Lowry 249

The Witches / Roald Dahl 250

Blubber / Judy Blume 251

A Day No Pigs Would Die / Robert Newton Peck 252

Ordinary People / Judith Guest 253

Julie of the Wolves / Jean Craighead George 254

Jack / A.M. Homes 255

Being There / Jerzy Kosinski 256

Captain Underpants Series / Dav Pilkey 257

Fool's Crow / James Welch 258

Cujo / Stephen King 259

A Wrinkle in Time / Madeleine L'Engle 260

Crazy Lady / Jane Leslie Conly 261

Black Boy / Richard Wright 262

A(1). Office for Intellectual Freedom: The 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-2000 271

A(2). OIF Censorship Database 1990-2000: Initiator of Challenge (Chart) 275

A(3). OIF Censorship Database 1990-2000: Institution Being Challenged (Chart) 275

A(4). OIF Censorship Database 1990-2000: Challenges by Type (Chart) 276

A(5). OIF Censorship Database 1990-2000: Challenges by Year (Chart) 276

B. Office for Intellectual Freedom: The Most Frequently Challenged Books and Authors of 2000 277

C. Office for Intellectual Freedom: The Most Frequently Challenged Books and Authors of 1999 278

D. Office for Intellectual Freedom: The Most Frequently Challenged Books and Authors of 1998 278.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [281]-282) and index.

ISBN:

0313311668

OCLC:

48557553