Most Challenged Books of 2006
And Tango Makes Three, a book about two male penguins parenting an egg topped the ALA’s list of most challenged books in 2006 by parents and administrators, due to homosexual themes. In fact, four of the top ten books were challenged due to homosexual content.
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 “10 Most Challenged Books of 2006″ are:
1, And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell;
2, Gossip Girls series by Cecily Von Ziegesar;
3, Alice series by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor;
4, The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things by Carolyn Mackler;
5, The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison;
6, Scary Stories series by Alvin Schwartz;
7, Athletic Shorts by Chris Crutcher;
8, The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky;
9, Beloved by Toni Morrison;
10, The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier.
Leave a Reply