From: Nanette Perez <nperez@ala.org> Date: April 9, 2012 12:05:20 PM EDT To: stateifc@ala.org, ifaction@ala.org, ala-ifc@ala.org, ifrt-members@ala.org,publib@WEBJUNCTION.ORG Subject: [ifaction] 2011 Most Frequently Challenged Books List and BBW Materials now available through the ALA Store! http://www.oif.ala.org/oif/?p=3568 The Office for Intellectual Freedom has released the Top Ten Most Frequently Challenged Books of 2011 as part of ALA’s State of America’s Library Report http://www.ala.org/news/pr?id=10057. OIF received 326 reports regarding attempts to remove or restrict materials from school curricula and library bookshelves. The list includes the following titles; each title is followed by the reasons reported for challenging the book: 1) ttyl; ttfn; l8r, g8r (series), by Lauren Myracle Offensive language; religious viewpoint; sexually explicit; unsuited to age group 2) The Color of Earth (series), by Kim Dong Hwa Nudity; sex education; sexually explicit; unsuited to age group 3) The Hunger Games trilogy, by Suzanne Collins Anti-ethnic; anti-family; insensitivity; offensive language; occult/satanic; violence 4) My Mom’s Having A Baby! A Kid’s Month-by-Month Guide to Pregnancy, by Dori Hillestad Butler Nudity; sex education; sexually explicit; unsuited to age group 5) The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie Offensive language; racism; religious viewpoint; sexually explicit; unsuited to age group 6) Alice (series), by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Nudity; offensive language; religious viewpoint 7) Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley Insensitivity; nudity; racism; religious viewpoint; sexually explicit 8) What My Mother Doesn’t Know, by Sonya Sones Nudity; offensive language; sexually explicit 9) Gossip Girl (series), by Cecily Von Ziegesar Drugs; offensive language; sexually explicit 10) To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee Offensive language; racism For more information on how and why materials are challenged, the difference between banned and challenged books, and more, visit our banned & challenged books web page. In response to efforts to restrict access to books, ALA sponsors Banned Books Week every fall. This year marks the 30th anniversary of Banned Books Week, which will be held September 30-October6, 2012. Celebrate the freedom to read in your bookstore, library, or school with the help of new posters, bookmark, T-shirt, button, and resource materials – all now available for sale via the ALA Store Online. ********************* Nanette Perez Program Officer American Library Association Office for Intellectual Freedom 50 E Huron Street Chicago, IL 60611 (800) 545-2433, ext. 4225 Fax: (312) 280-4227 Find out more about Banned Books Week at http://www.ala.org/bbooks