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Literature for Children - Finding Resources: Banned/Challenged Children's Books

Banned Books

A few great resources about banned books:

ALA - Frequently Challenged Books
ALA - Frequently Challenged Book with Diverse Content
ALSC - "Talking Banned Books with Kids: They Get It"
NCAC - Book Censorship Action Kit
NCTE - The Student's Right to Read
PEN America - Banned in the USA: State Laws Supercharge Book Suppression in Schools

Banned/Challenged Books in the Library

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (National Book Award Winner) by Sherman Alexie
Call Number: Juv PZ 7 .A382 Ab 2007
*eBook: https://mobius.overdrive.com/media/1366099
And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson; Peter Parnell; Henry Cole (Illustrator)
Call Number: Juv PZ 10.3 .R414 Tan 2005
Annie on My Mind by Nancy Garden
Call Number: Juv PZ 7 .G165 An 2013
*eBook: https://mobius.overdrive.com/media/3382407
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
Call Number: Juv PZ 7 .B6265 Ar 2001
*Audiobook: https://mobius.overdrive.com/media/146462
Blubber by Judy Blume
Call Number: Juv PZ 7 .B6265 Bl
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
Call Number: Juv PZ 7 .P273 Br 1987
*Audiobook: https://mobius.overdrive.com/media/249366
The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
Audiobook
Gender Queer: a Memoir by Maia Kobabe
Call Number: PN 6727 .K63 G46 2022
*eBook: https://mobius.overdrive.com/media/4671742
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Call Number: Juv PZ 7 .L9673 Gi 1993
*Audiobook: https://mobius.overdrive.com/media/106336
*eBook: https://mobius.overdrive.com/media/574435
The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
Call Number: Juv PZ 7 .S588 Gi

Banned/Challenged Books in the Library

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J. K. Rowling
Call Number: Juv PR 6068 .O93 H37 bk.1
*Entire HP series
*Audiobook: https://mobius.overdrive.com/media/791128
*eBook: https://mobius.overdrive.com/media/789876
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Call Number: Juv PZ 7.1 .T448 Hat 2017
*Audiobook: https://mobius.overdrive.com/media/2985772
*eBook: https://mobius.overdrive.com/media/2962709
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Call Number: Juv PZ 7 .C6837 Hun 2009
*Entire series
*Audiobook: https://mobius.overdrive.com/media/4310952
Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Paterson
Call Number: Juv PZ 7 .P273 Jac 1980
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
Call Number: Juv PZ 8 .D137 Jam 2002
Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George
Call Number: Juv PZ 7 .G2933 Ju
*eBook: https://mobius.overdrive.com/media/2201855
A Light in the Attic Book by Shel Silverstein
Call Number: Juv PZ 7 .S588 Li 1981
Looking for Alaska by John Green
Call Number: Juv PZ 7 .G8233 Lo 2007
*Audiobook: https://mobius.overdrive.com/media/4966120
The Lorax by Dr. Seuss
Call Number: Juv PZ 8.3 .G276 Lo 1999

Banned/Challenged Books in the Library

My Brother Sam Is Dead by James Lincoln Collier; Christopher Collier
Call Number: Juv PZ 7 .C678 My 1974
Olive's Ocean by Kevin Henkes
Call Number: Juv PZ 7 .H389 O45 2003
The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
Call Number: Juv PZ 7 .H5976 Ou 2006
*Audiobook: https://mobius.overdrive.com/media/2674588
Radiant Child by Javaka Steptoe
Call Number: Juv N 6537 .B233 S84 2016
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor; Jerry Pinkney (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ 7 .T21723 Ro
* Audiobook: https://mobius.overdrive.com/media/105262
The Slave Dancer by Paula Fox
Call Number: Juv PZ 7 .F838 Sl
Something Happened in Our Town by Marianne Celano; Marietta Collins; Ann Hazzard; Jennifer Zivoin (Illustrator)
Call Number: Juv PZ 7.1 .C4647 Som 2018
*Audiobook: https://mobius.overdrive.com/media/4897162
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
Call Number: Juv PZ 7 .S47 Wh 2013
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Call Number: Juv PZ 7 .L5385wr
*Audiobook: https://mobius.overdrive.com/media/567026
*eBook: https://mobius.overdrive.com/media/3610050