Monday, September 22, 2003

Celebrate Your Freedom to Read September 20–27, 2003

A Quick and Easy Guide to Banned Books Week for Librarians (and the rest of us!)

The 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990–2000

the top ten:
1. Scary Stories (Series) by Alvin Schwartz
2. Daddy’s Roommate by Michael Willhoite
3. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
4. The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
5. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
6. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
7. Harry Potter (Series) by J.K. Rowling
8. Forever by Judy Blume
9. Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
10. Alice (Series) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

unbelievable.