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Our book was banned from two school districts in California in 1987 because of sexism concerns. Also that the huntsman used a gun to kill the wolf.

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The reason why the book was banned was because it contained racial outdated stereotypes. The book was challenged in 1948. And the author is Dr.Seuss.

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In 1931, China banned Alice in Wonderland because they thought it was an "insult to humans". In the website wionews.com, it states "The Chinese believed teaching children to have animals and humans on the same level could prove to be disastrous." Some schools accused the book for promoting masturbation and sexual fantasies.

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The book was banned at the public library in Colorado in 1988 it was challenged for being sexist. People thought the “tree” was a metaphor for a “women”.

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It was banned because it showed nude depiction of a man and woman. The book was banned in June 29th 2017 in the US.

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Coralline was challenged because it’s inappropriate for a certain age group.

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Promotes drug use. Was banned in 1986 in west Ali’s west Milwaukee Wisconsin school libraries.

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Winnie the Pooh was banned in china in 2017 because people were making fun of the Chinese President. Also because religious groups say animals can’t speak.

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It was banned because of there being homosexuals/ lesbian couples. Date: Sep 26 2014

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Our book (The witches) was banned in many parts of America during 1987-1998. Most of the reasons were because of inappropriate language , violence and gender equality. On the websites that we checked Roald Dahl said that witches can only be women. “I do not wish to speak badly about women,” “most women are lovely. But the fact remains that all witches are women. There is no such thing as a male witch. On the other hand, a ghoul is always a male … both are dangerous. But neither of them is half as dangerous as a REAL WITCH .”

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Bridge to terabithia. Researched by Myla and Leo 

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Bridge to terabithia. Researched by Myla and Leo 

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It’s referenced to witch craft and atheism. There is also a lot of swearing. Bridge to terabithia was challenged in 1986. It was in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA.

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This book was challenged because denigrates white American caulture. This was challenged by a school board member in queens new York, 1994.

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The Lorax was banned due to people thinking it might make kids turn against the logging industry, which is one of the biggest industry’s in California. It was banned in California in 1989.

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The Giving Tree was banned from a public library in Colorado in 1988 because it was interpreted as being sexist. Some readers believe that the young boy continually takes from the female tree, without ever giving anything in return.

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Skippyjon Jones, a book series about a cat that dresses up as a chihuahua named El Skippito, came in eighth on the list. The books were challenged for depicting stereotypes of Mexican culture. In the series, Skippyjon calls himself a “bandito,” speaks in a Spanish accent, and adds “o” to the end of English words. It was mostly challenged in 2017-2018 in the USA.

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The Lorax was banned in California in 1989 because a teacher claimed that the Lorax was brain-washing kids.  When parents heard about this they were afraid that their kids were learning to hate the light of the forest and the trees.

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The book Green Eggs and Ham was banned because of racial stereotypes and was banned in 1965, China.

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This book was banned because  it involves homosexuality and "very unsuitable for children." Some people think that it is not scientific for two male penguins to be in love. This took place in the zoo in New York's Central Park around 2005.

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The book was banned because it contains outdated racial stereotypes.It got banned in October 9th 2014 at Loundoun country school in Virginia.

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It was banned because it was believed to portray logging in a poor light and would turn children against the foresting industry. The Lorax was banned in 1989 in a California school.

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The giving tree was banned because sexist, because some readers thought the young boy was taking a lot from the female tree but gave nothing in return. The book was banned in a public library in Colorado in 1988.

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The book Matilda, was challenged because it is supposedly sexually offensive and amoral. Though this book was challenged it wasn’t banned. It was banned in the U.S and was banned in

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This book is banned because the animal community’s police are pictured as pigs. And also banned because of talking animals. This book was banned in the 1970s. This book was banned in a few states.

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The Lorax was a banned book in 1989 in California at a school.
Because they thought it was going to poison children’s minds to make them think that the logging industry is bad.

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“Where the Wild Things Are” was banned because it was traumatizing to young children because Max couldn’t control his emotions and was put to bed, and included talking animals, which was considered unnatural. “Where the Wild Things Are” was first banned in the mid-1960’s largely in the South of America. The author is Maurice Sendak.

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This book was banned in some schools for profanity/ offensive words.  Easton Public Library Mary Beths banned this book too for again profanity and offensive words.

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It was banned due to racism in the book Ook and Gluck kung-fu caveman in the future the author that made the book Dave Pilkey admired and said “I hope you readers will forgive me, and learn from my mistakes that even unintentionally and passive  stereotypes and racism is harmful to everyone”. This challenge was made in Los Angeles, CA, USA May 17, 2017.

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The giving tree was written by Shel Silverstein and was banned from a public library (the Boulder Public Library) in Colorado, for being “sexist”.

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This book was challenged 23 times and banned in 8 different countries. This book was banned because it contained real magic and spells. People also say that the book provides bad examples and that they are too dark. Parents say that the book might make their own kid try these dangerous things that happen inside the book.

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 Bad Kitty Gets a Bath   By:Nick Brunel 

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 Bad Kitty Gets a Bath   By:Nick Brunel 

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This book got banned or challenged at 2016. It got banned because  it was inappropriate to the people that read the book.
And trying to give a real cat a bath with soap and water.

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Matilda was banned because the main character is abused by the principal of the school she was going to. She was also abused by her parents. Many libraries in America thought that this book’s neglectful abusive parents may hurt kid’s feelings. The book was banned in 1995. They were banned in most libraries in the US.

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The Illinois School challenged The Family Book because it mentioned parents of the same gender. Guardians thought that it pushed a homo-sexual agenda.  According to BookBarn, guardians also believed that the topic of the book was not appropriate for elementary school students.
This book got challenged in June 1st, 2012 in Illinois.

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Matilda contained a bit of cartoon ish violence. The book was banned in 1995.The book was removed from the classrooms because of violence and scariness.

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By Franklin D. and Can T.

Our book was banned because homosexuality. Our book was banned in all of USA. Our book was banned in 2006-2021, it was also the forth most banned book between the year 2000 and 2009. Did you know people said that it is anti-family and unsuited age group. This means that people believe that when two people with the same sex should not be on a children’s book.

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The Lorax, was banned in 1988, it was in a Californian school , because the school thought it would make kids turn against the and hurt the logging industry. But it actually was a bad idea because it stopped from people to discuss about the theme of The Lorax. Also as a extra fact, the logging company responded by writing how the logging industry profitable in The Truax. People also thought the book represents a young American man who greedy who wants the latest and best stuff.

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Green Eggs and Ham was banned in Loundoun County School at Virginia America, it was banned at the time of 2002 because of sexual subtext. author: Dr. Seuss

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Super Diaper Baby was banned for being inappropriate for children with its excessive toilet humor, and also faced criticism for its intentionally misspelled words, but a committee voted 5-2 to reject its removal. Also, to make excuses and lie to escape responsibility, to make fun of what people wear, and poor nutrition; language & innuendo.

Locations it was challenged

2004: Challenged in the Riverside, CA Unified School District for complaints of the book’s “inappropriate” fondness of poop. The book was kept in both classrooms and school libraries.

Locations banned

2012: Banned from the Channelview, TX Independent School District for containing the phrase “poo poo head.”

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The Lorax was banned in 1989, California school because, some people believed that the book was persuading kids to be against logging.

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This book was banned in a California school in 1989 because they were afraid it would turn children against cutting down trees. The members of the logging community wanted to show children that foresting was needed by making  book called The Truax. It was also banned because the Once-ler was representing America being greedy who wants newest and best things, without thinking about the effects.

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Where the Wild Things Are was banned in America, largely in the south during the mid-1960s because readers thought psychologically damaging to young children due to Max not being able to control his emotions and how he was punished by being sent to bed without dinner the book being called “too dark.”

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The reason why The Gving Tree was banned was because it was interpreted as being sexist. And the tree that was a girl that kept on giving stuff to the boy. It was banned  in Colorado 1988 in a public library.

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The reason why the Giving Tree was banned 1988 in a public library in Colorado because it said it was being sexist. Apparently, the  phrase “the tree was happy” made a lot of moms wince.

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The book: Where The Wild Things Are was quickly banned by many libraries in southern United States because parents thought that when Max couldn’t manage his emotions and got sent into his room without dinner as a punishment, they said it was “too dark.” One more reason why the book was banned was because when the author described the beasts as,“ugly things,” people thought that it was to scary for little kids. So to conclude, Where The Wild Things Are was banned in many different southern states in America was because the parents thought that it was inappropriate for kids.

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This book was banned because talking animals are scary and unnatural. Also, it was banned because it’s  psychologically damaging to young children. It was banned on July 4th 2015 at America.

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The book Captain Underpants was banned from a Michigan
Elementary book fair, due to one of the main characters being gay. The 12 book of captain under pants was banned or challenged most in 2012 and 2013. Parents also didn’t appreciate the book because it had bad grammar. The book was banned from Scholastic on March 22,2012.

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Captain Underpants was banned for two reasons, those two reasons were violent imagery plus racism. On March 22, 2012 by Scholastic banned Captain Underpants. During 2012 and 2013 it was banned the most. It was also banned at Monroe Public School and Michigan Elementary.

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The book Giving Tree was banned in 1988 in Colorado . It is banned because it was interpreted as being sexist.

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The book Giving Tree was banned in 1988 in Colorado . It is banned because it was interpreted as being sexist.

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Green Eggs and Ham was banned because it was homophobic, contained sexual subtext, and outdated racial stereotypes. It was banned from 1965-1990 in Maoist, China.

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George the book was banned in 2018 because it encouraged kids to delete there history on there iPad. Parents also  complained that there children should not know about transgender and LGBTQ+.

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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone was banned at the Catholic school in Vashille and the US school library, in 2019, September 1st.
It was banned because of religious offenses, real spells and curses and  is said to conjure evil spirits.

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Charlotte’s  Web was banned in Kansas in 2006 due to the animals talking and the spider dying in the story. According to the parent group at the heart of the issue, “humans are the highest level of God’s creation and are the only creatures that can communicate vocally. Showing lower life forms with human abilities is sacrilegious and disrespectful to God.”

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Bloggers have been comparing  cartoon characters to China President. Chinese banned Winnie the Pooh on August 7, 2018 because Winnie the Pooh did an awkward handshake with Eeyore and the Chinese president and the Japanese prime minister did a handshake that looked like the same handshake when Winnie the Pooh and Eeyore was doing an handshake.

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Coraline was challenged/banned in 2013 due to the scary scenes in the book and due to its supernatural things shown in this book. Coralline was banned in the US.

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Captain Underpants was banned in October 27, 2015 in Arborwood  Elementary School in America and In Michigan elementary school. It was banned for a lot of reasons. It was racist, had offensive language, violence and a character was gay.
Author: Dav Pilkey

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By: C.S. Lewis

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe was banned in 1990 and 2005 in America’s United of Separation of Church and State. It was banned because it depicted graphic violence, magic, and gore. Also from the witch’s cruelness toward the children.

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This book was banned in the U.S. It was banned for excessive violence here are some quotes,
“ This combined with complaints of excessive violence in books intended for children under the age of 12 are the reason why this series was the most challenged during the 2000-2009 decade according to the American Library Association”.
Which was quoted reasons why it was challenged or banned for excessive violence.

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This book was banned in the U.S. It was banned for excessive violence here are some quotes,
“ This combined with complaints of excessive violence in books intended for children under the age of 12 are the reason why this series was the most challenged during the 2000-2009 decade according to the American Library Association”.
Which was quoted reasons why it was challenged or banned for excessive violence

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Where the Wild Things Are was banned soon after publish. The reason is because of the characters being sent to bed without dinner. There are other reasons such as; “The book was too dark and frightening,” and “Max glorifies” (exaggerate) This book was banned and challenged often around the south. The author of Where the Wild Things Are is Maurice Sendak.