Recent Posts Tagged With 'banned book'

• Banned Book Week REVIEW: And Tengo Makes Three

  Posted on Saturday October 3rd, 2009 at 06:12 in picturebook, 2000s, banned book, 3 exclamation points

  Bloggers and blog readers,  I now present you with the number one most challenged book of 2008.  And 2007.  And 2006.  And it was already causing some controvercy in 2005, the year that it was published.  Meet Tango, everyone...

• Banned Book Week REVIEW: Fallen Angels

  Posted on Friday October 2nd, 2009 at 10:52 in war, young adult, banned book, 5 exclamation points

  Meyers, Walter Dean. (1988). Fallen Angels. 309 pages -- 0-590-40943-3Thirty Second Summary: Richie Perry’s a seventeen-year-old basketball player from Harlem. He tries to be a good role model for his brother Kenny. He’s got a knee injury t...

• REVIEW: Little Black Sambo

  Posted on Thursday October 1st, 2009 at 06:27 in fantasy, 1920s, picturebook, international literature, banned book

  Bannerman, H.  (1921).  Little Black Sambo.  Bedford, MA:  Applewood Books.9781557094148Once upon the time (AKA as recently as the 1970s), Little Black Sambo was considered a wonderful example of international literature and was a...

• Banned Book Week REVIEW: In the Night Kitchen

  Posted on Wednesday September 30th, 2009 at 07:27 in fantasy, 1970s, young readers, picturebook, banned book

  Sendak, M.  (1970).  In the Night Kitchen.  New York:  Harper Collins Publishers.0064434362PLOT SUMMARY:  A young boy named Mickey is having trouble sleeping because of all the noise coming from the kitchen.  He goes on ...

• Banned Book Week REVIEW: It\'s Perfectly Normal

  Posted on Tuesday September 29th, 2009 at 04:28 in young adult, 1990s, middle grade, information book, banned book, 4 exclamation points

  Harris, R.H.  (1994).  It's Perfectly Normal:  Changing bodies, growing up, sex & Sexual Health.  Cambridge, MA:  Candlewick Press.0763600512Holy crud, is this book thorough!  It's Perfectly Normal  uses aloof, ...

• Banned Book Week REVIEW: The Stupids Die

  Posted on Monday September 28th, 2009 at 05:28 in Giveaway, young readers, 1980s, picturebook, banned book

  Allard, H. (1981).  The Stupids Die.  New York:  Houghton Mifflin Company.0395303478The Stupids series are a group of picturebooks that are relatively light in plot and share the silly misunderstandings the Stupid family has as they go...

• Banned Book Week REVIEW: More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

  Posted on Sunday September 27th, 2009 at 07:24 in 1980s, banned book, traditional story, 3 exclamation points

  Schwartz, A.  (1984).  More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark.  New York:  HarperCollins Publishers.0812449142Enjoyment Rating:  !!!Schwartz's Scary Story trilogy are collections of short American folktales meant to scare and...

• Banned Book Week: The Harry Potter Series

  Posted on Saturday September 26th, 2009 at 17:20 in series, fantasy, 1990s, 2000s, banned book

  Let us begin this week of Banned Book reviews with the obvious...The Harry Potter Series. PLOT SUMMARY (just in case you do in fact, live under a rock.  Which begs the question of how you gained access to the internet): After he turns eleve...

• Day One of the Best Week Ever AKA Banned Book Week

  Posted on Saturday September 26th, 2009 at 05:46 in random thoughts, special issue, banned book

  Today is the beginning of the best week all year for promoting books with young readers.It's ALA's Banned Book Week. Check out your local library for books that have caused some controversy around the country. They always make for great subject mat...