Banned in the U.S.A.: A Reference Guide to Book Censorship in Schools and Public Libraries Revised and Expanded Edition

The most respected reference work on book censorship in schools and public libraries has been completely revised, updated, and expanded. Allan O'Grady Cuseo - VOYA Noted intellectual freedom authority Foerstel gives readers the most complete analysis of the current state of banned books yet. Every section of the previous edition (1994) has been significantly rewritten and updated. The new appendixes include an updated American Library Association Office of Intellectual Freedom list of "Most Frequently Challenged Books and Authors through 2000." It should come as no surprise that books in the Harry Potter series are number one on the lists between 1996 and 2000. This fascinating updated title reminds readers of the extent of censorship in schools and public libraries. It is alarming to realize that the list represents only the tip of the number of challenged titles; most remain unreported. The number of incidents continues to rise, and librarians continue to be challenged. An excellent updated introduction provides a history of the topic, which all current and future librarians need to read. Students researching censorship will welcome this revision. The survey of Major Book Banning is another must-read with its detailed information on each incident. Also expanded is the interview section with the voices of Judy Blume, Daniel Cohen, Robert Cormier, David Guterson, Leslea Newman, Katherine Paterson, and Jan Slepian included. With a breezy, light style, this reference tool begs to be read cover-to-cover as well. It is a needed purchase even for those who own the previous edition. Index. Charts. Biblio. Source Notes. Appendix. 2002, Greenwood, 296p. PLB A survey of major bookbanning incidents. Kanawha County : West-By God-Virginia -- Godless textbooks in Washington County, Virginia -- Island Trees v. Pico : a first amendment victory -- Conflict and compromise in Prince George's County -- Hawkins County, Tennessee : my way or the highway -- Graves County : Kentucky-fried Faulkner -- Panama City, Florida : darkness in the sunshine state -- Blasphemy in Cheshire, Connecticut -- Impressions : the textbook that brought paganism to California public schools -- Nappy Hair : it took a book to lose a teacher -- Black and banned : books by African Women cause a furor in Maryland -- The law on bookbanning. Background -- Appropriate means and legitimate purposes -- The right to receive ideas -- Secularism and sex : the twin threats to America -- Hazelwood : a chill wind for the 1990s -- Improving on the First Amendment : states seek remedies to Hazelwood restraints -- Positive impressions : courts and schools find common ground -- legislative attacks on the internet : implications for bookbanning in schools and libraries -- Hit man : the courts say the book made him do it -- Voices of banned authors -- Judy Blume -- Daniel Cohen -- Robert Cormier -- David Guterson -- Leslea Newman -- Katherine Paterson -- Jan Slepian -- The most frequently banned or challenged books : 1996-2000 -- Harry Potter Books / J.K. Rowling -- Adventures of Huckleberry Finn / Mark Twain -- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings / Maya Angelou -- Of Mice and Men / John Steinbeck -- Chocolate War / Robert Cormier -- It's Perfectly Normal : A Book about Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex, and Sexual Health / Robie H. Harris -- Color Purple / Alice Walker -- My Brother Sam Is Dead / James Lincoln Collier & Christopher Collier -- Kaffir Boy : The True Story of a Black Youth's Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa / Mark Mathabane -- Catcher in the Rye / J.D. Salinger -- Daddy's Roommate / Michael Willhoite -- House of Spirits / Isabel Allende -- Native Son / Richard Wright -- Fallen Angels / Walter Myers -- Beloved / Toni Morrison -- Goosebumps Series / R.L. Stine -- Snow Falling on Cedars / David Guterson -- We All Fall Down / Robert Cormier -- Go Ask Alice / Anonymous -- Bless Me, Ultima / Rudolfo Anaya -- Handmaid's Tale / Margaret Atwood -- Bluest Eye / Toni Morrison -- Flowers for Algernon / Daniel Keyes -- To Kill a Mockingbird / Harper Lee -- Iceman / Chris Lynch -- Alice Series / Phyllis Reynolds Naylor -- Brave New World / Aldous Huxley -- One Fat Summer / Robert Lipsyte -- Always Running : La Vida Loca : Gang Days in L.A. / Luis A. Rodriguez -- Slaughterhouse-Five / Kurt Vonnegut -- Joy of Gay Sex/The New Joy of Gay Sex / Charles Silverstein -- Forever / Judy Blume -- Heather Has Two Mommies / Leslea Newman -- Two Teenagers in Twenty : Writings by Gay and Lesbian Youth / Ann Heron -- Drowning of Stephen Jones / Bette Greene -- Women on Top : How Real Life Has Changed Women's Sexual Fantasies / Nancy Friday -- Giver / Lois Lowry -- Witches / Roald Dahl -- Blubber / Judy Blume -- A Day No Pigs Would Die / Robert Newton Peck -- Ordinary People / Judith Guest -- Julie of the Wolves / Jean Craighead George -- Jack / A.M. Homes -- Being There / Jerzy Kosinski -- Captain Underpants Series / Dav Pilkey -- Fool's Crow / James Welch -- Cujo / Stephen King -- A Wrinkle in Time / Madeleine L'Engle -- Crazy Lady / Jane Leslie Conly -- Black Boy / Richard Wright -- Appendix A (1). Office for Intellectual Freedom : the 100 most frequently challenged books of 1990-2000 -- Appendix A (2). OIF censorship database 1990-2000: initiator of challenge (chart) -- Appendix A (3). OIF censorship database 1990-2000: institution being challenged (chart) -- Appendix A (4). OIF censorship database 1990-2000: challenges by type (chart) -- Appendix A (5). OIF censorship database 1990-2000: challenges by year (chart) -- Appendix B. Office for Intellectual Freedom : the most frequently challenged books and authors of 2000. Since the first edition was published to acclaim and awards in 1994, librarians have relied on the work of noted intellectual freedom authority Herbert N. Foerstel. This expanded edition presents a thorough analysis of the current state of book banning in schools and public libraries, offering ready reference material on major incidents, legal cases, and annotated entries on the most frequently challenged books. Every section of this work has been significantly rewritten, updated, or expanded to reflect those developments. In-depth accounts of three new landmark book banning incidents are featured, along with a discussion of recent Supreme Court decisions involving censorship on the Internet and in book publishing, and a consideration of their implications for book banning in schools and public libraries. Two new interviews with authors of banned booksDavid Guterson and Leslea Newmanjoin the interviews with authors profiled in the first edition, many of which have been updated. The heart of the book is a Survey of Banned Books, revised with annotated entries on the 50 most frequently challenged books for 1996 through 2000; the Harry Potter series tops the list. Finally, all new appendixes feature an updated ALA list of Most Frequently Challenged Books and Authors Through 2000 and graphs that help to clarify key information. Presents a survey of eleven major book banning incidents, a look at laws regarding bookbanning, interviews with the authors of banned books, and an annotated listing of the fifty most challenged books from 1996 through 2000 Looks at censorship in American schools and libraries, and includes a section of the fifty most banned books from 1996 through 2000, including newcomer Harry Potter.