15 Classic Children’s Books That Have Been Banned In America (at some point)

[The Straight Story]

3. Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne

When: 2006
Why: Talking animals are somehow considered an “insult to god,” resulting in this book’s banning throughout random parts of the United States. Several institutions in Turkey and the UK have also banned the book, claiming that the character of Piglet is offensive to Muslims. Other institutions claim that the book revolves around Nazism.

4. James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl

When: 1999
Why: The book was banned from an elementary School in Texas because it included the word “ass.”

6. Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank

When: 2010
Why: Forget anti-semitism; the 50th Anniversary “Definitive Edition’” was instead banned by a Virginia school because of its “sexual content and homosexual themes.” Additionally, the book was previously banned by several schools in the United States because it was “too depressing.” Most recently, in May of 2013, a Michigan mom tried to get the book banned due to its “pornographic tendencies.”

The list is here:
http://www.buzzfeed.com/spenceralthouse/classic-childrens-books-that-have-been-banned-in-america

[Old Union Guy]

1. The Diary of Anne Frank is not a 'children's book' n/t

[duffyduff]

2. "The Giving Tree" IS sexist and a POS

Shel Silverstein was an oddball anyway, but he scraped bottom with that book.

[longship]

4. No reason for banning it, not that you were implying that. nt

[NightWatcher]

3. The Lorax because it was against the logging industry

And that's a bad thing how?

[duffyduff]

5. Green Eggs and Ham was the first book I ever read

I never saw anything in there remotely implying any kind of gay theme or Marxism.

[msongs]

6. bestiality, incest, rape, torture, murder + more, yet bibles are still allowed in schools? nt

[WinkyDink]

8. Who told you Bibles are still allowed? (And where is bestiality?)

[Apophis]

7. The reasons all of those books were banned are pitiful.