Each year, the ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom records hundreds of attempts by individuals and groups to have books removed from libraries shelves and from classrooms. (bannedbooksweek.org/Mapofbookcensorship.html) At least 42 of the Radcliffe Publishing Course Top 100 Novels of the 20th Century (www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/banned/frequentlychallenged/challengedclassics/index.cfm) have been the target of ban attempts. Visit www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/banned/bannedbooksweek/ for more information on book bans and challenges.

RULE: When you're tagged, copy the list and the instructions into a new note. (Create by clicking on the "Notes" tab on your profile page.) Mark the banned books you've read. Then, tag some friends and pass it on. (Remember to tag the person who tagged you.)

__ The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
__ The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
__ The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
__ To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
__ The Color Purple by Alice Walker
__ Ulysses by James Joyce
__ Beloved by Toni Morrison
__ The Lord of the Flies by William Golding
__ 1984 by George Orwell
__ Lolita by Vladmir Nabokov
__ Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
__ Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
__ Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
__ The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
__ As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
__ A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
__ Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
__ Their Eyes are Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
__ Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
__ Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
__ Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
__ Native Son by Richard Wright
__ One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
__ Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
__ For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
__ The Call of the Wild by Jack London
__ Go Tell it on the Mountain by James Baldwin
__ All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren
__ The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
__ Lady Chatterley's Lover by D. H. Lawrence
__ A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
__ In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
__ The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie
__ Sons and Lovers by D. H. Lawrence
__ Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
__ A Separate Peace by John Knowles
__ Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs
__ Women in Love by D. H. Lawrence
__ The Naked and the Dead by Norman Mailer
__ Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller
__ An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser
__ Rabbit, Run by John Updike

Books for a 4 year old

I asked a homeschool list for recommendations for great books to read to a 4 year old. Below is the list of titles I received. Some are chapter – some are picture books. Some people objected to some recommendations made by others.

Here’s the list…
"The Magic Treehouse" series by Mary Pope Osborne.
A to Z Mystery series by Ron Roy.
DK series called “Eyewitness Classics” like Treasure Island and King Arthur
Buster series by Marc Brown
Henry and Mudge
Jumanji - older kid picture books
Polar Express - older kid picture books
Henry and Mudge by Cynthia Rylant – chapter & picture
Pinkie and Rex by James Howe - chapter & picture
Nat the Great - chapter & picture
Amelia Bedelia's - chapter & picture
Ballet Dreams by Patricia Reilly Giff
Little House Chapter Books (simpler and shorter than the original Little House books) Milly-Molly-Mandy by Joyce Lankester Brisley
"Socks" and "Ellen Tebbits" by Beverly Cleary
"Stewart Little" by E. B. White.
Tomie dePaolo (Leo is in love with "Angels, Angels Everywhere.) - good picture books "Five Little Piggies" by David Martin. Leo likes - good picture books
Patricia Palocco – author picture books
Kevin Henkes - good picture books
Robert Scary - good picture books
the Arthur Series and the DW series by Marc Brown
"If you give..." series by Laura Joffe Numeroff.
"Franklin",
"Scooby-Doo"
"Dora the Explorer"
"Blues Clues"
"Magic School Bus"
"Tales of Droon" - 5-8 yr old range
Hitty, Her First Hundred Years (the "biography" of an antique doll)
The Witches by Roald Dahl – too frightening?
The Little House on the Prairie - longer
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe - longer:
Frog and Toad books by Lobel.
Lyle the Crocodile books by Waber.
Peter Pan
Alice in Wonderland
Peter Rabbit
Twig - Elizabeth Orton Jones
The Ugly Princess and the Wise Fool - Margaret Gray
The Wide-Awake Princess - Katherine Paterson
The Little Bookroom - Eleanor Farjeon (short stories - we liked some, not others)
The Stinky Cheeseman and Other Fairly Stupid Tales - Jon Scieszka
The Golden Mare, The Firebird, and the Magic Ring - Ruth Sanderson
The Snow Princess - Ruth Sanderson
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs - Judi Barrett
Saint George and the Dragon - Margaret Hodges
The Quiltmaker's Gift - Jeff Brumbeau
The Rainbabies - Laura Krauss Melmed
The Sultan's Perfect Tree - Jane Yolen
The Starlight Princess and Other Princess Stories - Belinda Downes
Many Moons - James Thurber
The Egyptian Cinderella - Shirley Climo
A Treasury of Princesses - Princess Tales from Around the World - Shirley Climo
Fairy Wings - Dennis Nolan
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! - Mo Willems
The Magic Nesting Doll - Jacqueline K. Ogburn
Magical Tales from Many Lands - Margaret Mayo
The Book of Dragons - E. Nesbit
Mariana and the Merchild - Caroline Pitcher
Child of Faerie, Child of Earth - Jane Yolen
The Day the Babies Crawled Away - Peggy Rathmann
The Littlest Matryoshka - Corinne Demas Bliss
Godiva - Lynn Cullen
Young Guinevere - Robert D. San Souci
Raising Dragons - Jerdine Nolen
The Magic Finger - Roald Dahl
Brave Margaret: An Irish Adventure - Robert D. San Souci
Brave Irene - William Steig
The Story About Ping - Marjorie Flack
The Princess and the Dragon - Audrey Wood
Elfwyn's Saga - David Wisniewski
The Princess and the Pizza - Mary Jane & Herm Auch
Anno's Hat Tricks - Mitsumasa Anno
Ignis - P.J. Lynch
Beverly Clearly - Runaway Ralph, Ralph S Mouse, Mouse on Motorcycle
Geronimo Stilton a mouse reporter
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Pippi Longstocking
Island of the Blue Dolphins. a girl who becomes the sole survivor on an island and how she fends for herself.
Rhebus where a word has been substituted for a picture.
HANK THE COWDOG! – audio
E.B. White - Charlotte's Web, The Trumpet of the Swan, and Stuart Little
Peter Pan
burgess bird book
beatrix potter,
aesops fables,
grims fairy tales
wizard of oz
Jan Brett--all her books
Eric Carle--all his books
Stellaluna
Make Way for Ducklings
The Secret Garden
Dr. Seuss books
Patricia Polacco
Where the Wild Things Are
Shel Silverstein
The Egypt Game
Harold and the Purple Crayon books
Eloise books
Sarah, Plain and Tall
The Black Stallion
Black Beauty
Margaret Wise Brown books
Folk tales like Stone Soup and Peter and the Wolf Fairy Tales
Cynthia Rylant - Mr. Putter and Tabby series!
Ruth Stiles Gannett's - My Father's Dragon, Elmer and the Dragon, and The Dragons of Blueland
Winnie the Pooh
Mousehole Cat – picture book
Roxaboxen – picture book
Oxcart Man – picture book
Flossie and the Fox– picture book
Little Fur Family – picture book
Heidi
Little Women
Minnie and Moo series