Did you know there was such a thing? Fun, no?
For your reading/re-reading pleasure here is a list of the top 100 banned books from 1990 to 2000. How many have you read? How many did you like? How many would you ban?
My answers: 12, 7, none–although I wouldn’t recommend anyone read The Lord of the Flies (shivers). Man, I need to get out more.
And in answer to Jennifer’s quesiton about why Where’s Waldo? Here’s what I found out…
An amazon.com book reviewer, Mr. Sir, wrote: I have looked into it, and it appears that the reason “Where’s Waldo” got banned was because it features adult material such as “topless sunbathers,” and other adult “hidden pictures.”
Here’s a link to the entire article. You know the beach scene, with the kid throwing sand on the woman who has her top untied–yeah, that’s what they think it is.
How many have you read? 23
How many did you like? 17
How many would you ban? None
Hmmm…I was surprised by quite a few there…why was Where’s Waldo? banned?
by Jennifer Y. October 2nd, 2006 at 11:14 pmOkay, so I need to change mine–I’ve read Where’s Waldo? To be honest I assumed that was another book by the same name, but nope, it’s the seek and find kid’s book. I put a link in the main blog about why.
by Lori October 3rd, 2006 at 7:03 amAh, I see…I thought that might be why.
by Jennifer Y. October 3rd, 2006 at 12:00 pmHOw many did I read: 18
How many did I like: jeepers, hard to say, because it’s been forever since I read some of them, though Lord of the Flies still freaks me out; rather read any of Stephen King’s.
How many would I ban? none!!
by Laura October 10th, 2006 at 12:46 am