Wednesday, May 21, 2008

CHALLENGED BOOK REASONS (Schwaderer)

Links to sites with reasons why specific books were challenged or banned.

National Coalition Against Censorship : This, in my opinion, is the best site about censorship. Use the search feature on the left side to enter the book title and it will link to articles about specific challenges.

Banned Books Page
: Created and maintained by a digital librarian at the University of Pennsylvania, this is a little bit difficult to navigate, but has information about specific books and links to other resources about banned/challenged books.

List of Banned Books from Wikipedia : This is actually a good source for challenge reasons.

Kenneth Spencer Research Library - Kentucky University : This is the catalogue of books from a special collection from 1955. For older books, this is an excellent site which includes much historical information. The link takes you to the United States section, but you can also click on other countries to see which books (up until 1955) had been challenged.

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