2008 Woodie Awards
Banned Books
By: Amber Russell
Issue date: 10/4/07 Section: News
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Hoyt also pointed out that books reflect history. They step back in time to show children and young adults how things like racism, sexuality and religion were handled and discussed at a certain period in time. It is important for the teacher, Hoyt said, to talk about these issues with students and explain to them that people in different eras handled situations differently than we do now.
"It presents interesting challenges as a teacher to be critical of what students read and how to discuss it so they don't take it at face value," Hoyt said.
Famous Books assigned for classroom reading that have been challenged between 1990-2000:
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
Where's Waldo? By Martin Hanford (banned for toplessness on a mermaid in one scene)
How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell
"It presents interesting challenges as a teacher to be critical of what students read and how to discuss it so they don't take it at face value," Hoyt said.
Famous Books assigned for classroom reading that have been challenged between 1990-2000:
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
Where's Waldo? By Martin Hanford (banned for toplessness on a mermaid in one scene)
How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell
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