Banned books for kids Reading lists and activities for teaching kids to read censored literature
Book - 2023
"In our polarized environment, the censorship and outright banning of children's books that some people deem to be controversial or objectionable remains a major concern for schools, libraries, and communities across the United States. Intellectual freedom champion, the American Library Association, created Teaching Banned Books to Kids, a guide that includes both contemporary books that have been banned and classic literature that continues to be under attack for political and/or religious reasons. Parents, school and public librarians, library and information sciences students, and classroom educators will find the assistance and support they need to defend these challenged books with an informed response while ensuring access t...o young book lovers"--
- Subjects
- Genres
- Bibliographies
- Published
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Naperville, Illinois :
American Library Association, Sourcebooks
[2023]
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Physical Description
- xxii, 195 pages ; 23 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN
- 9781728266008
- Part I. The bully and the outcast. Belle Prater's boy / by Ruth White
- Blubber / by Judy Blume
- The goats / by Brock Cole
- Holes / by Louis Sachar
- Hoot / by Carl Hiaasen
- When Zachary Beaver came to town / by Kimberly Willis Holt
- Wringer / by Jerry Spinelli
- One fat summer / by Robert Lipsyte
- Part II. Racism and bigotry. Roll of thunder, hear my cry / by Mildred D. Taylor
- The Watsons go to Birmingham, 1963 / by Christopher Paul Curtis
- Monster / by Walter Dean Myers, illustrated / by Christopher Myers
- The hate U give / by Angie Thomas
- Part III. Reality and tough choices. Because of Winn-Dixie / by Kate DiCamillo
- Bridge to Terabithia / by Katherine Paterson
- Melissa / by Alex Gino
- The higher power of Lucky / by Susan Patron
- Shiloh / by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
- Walk two moons / by Sharon Creech
- Speak / by Laurie Halse Anderson
- The contender / by Robert Lipsyte
- Part IV. Other cultures and other lands. Julie of the wolves / by Jean Craighead George
- Kira-Kira / by Cynthia Kadohata
- American born Chinese / by Gene Luen Yang, illustrated / by Gene Luen Yang and Lark Pien
- Part V. The past and the future. Bud, not Buddy / by Christopher Paul Curtis
- My brother Sam is dead / by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
- The midwife's apprentice / by Karen Cushman
- Chains / by Laurie Halse Anderson
- The book thief / by Markus Zusak
- The giver / by Lois Lowry
- The house of the scorpion / by Nancy Farmer
- Part VI. This was my life. Bad Boy: a memoir / by Walter Dean Myers
- Hole in my life / by Jack Gantos.