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America’s most banned books
In South Florida, Matt Pinzur of the Miami Herald has been covering the battle over a book called “Vamos A Cuba!” There’s an effort to ban the book, which some say paints an overly rosy picture of Fidel Castro’s regime, from school libraries.
Pinzur and an colleague had a great idea while working on this story — they looked up what books are most banned in the U.S. and checked to see how many of them are available in Miami’s school libraries.
My favorite from the banned book list? Captain Underpants.
Wait until you see what else …
… offends America.
The list, which Pinzur has posted on his blog Miami Gradebook, is interesting both for what’s on it, and what’s not. Check it out and post a comment here telling us what surprised you most about the list.
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By Oldprof
June 20, 2006 6:01 PM | Link to this
The thought police haven’t surprised me since the time they tried to ban Tarzan of the Apes because Tarzan and Jane were living together out of wedlock. (Those who’ve read the book might remember that the couple did, in fact, marry before cohabitating).