Writing Prompt: Banned Book Week

Today’s banned/challenged book: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

Why was this book banned in 1931?

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In 1931, banned by the Governor of Hunan Province in China on the grounds that:

"Animals should not use human language, and it was disastrous to put animals and human beings on the same level."

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Writing Prompt: Banned Book Week

Today’s Banned/Challenged Book: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum

Why was this book banned or challenged?

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Challenged because of its “ungodly” influence and “for depicting women in strong leadership roles.” In 1957, the director of the Detroit Public Library banned it for having “no value for children today”, for supporting “negativism”, and for “bringing children’s minds  to a cowardly level.”

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Poll:. What do you think all these books have in common?

1. Captain Underpants series
2. A Wrinkle in Time
3. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
4. The Harry Potter series
5. The Higher Power of Lucky
6. Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
7. In the Night Kitchen
8. Bridge to Terabithia
9. The Stupids series
10. The Bluest Eye

Answer [Highlight to SEE]: They are all censored or challenged books.

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