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To: retrokitten

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19 posted on 10/04/2006 9:11:50 AM PDT by null and void (Barking at the staff & growling disapproval are OK... chasing cats during lunch makes you look bad..)
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To: null and void
Thanks for the heads up! Here's a related article...Readers choose Harry Potter as favorite controversial title

Books in the Harry Potter series also were the most frequently challenged of the 21st century. The ALA reports there were more than 3,000 attempts to remove books from schools and public libraries between 2000 and 2005. Challenges are defined as formal, written complaints filed with a library or school requesting that materials be removed because of content or appropriateness. According to Judith F. Krug, director of the ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom, the number of challenges reflects only incidents reported, and for each reported, four or five remain unreported.

What I don't get is something else in the article about other banned books. It says the Captain Underpants series is also on the most banned list. What is allegedly so bad about the Captain Underpants books??

21 posted on 10/04/2006 9:21:56 AM PDT by retrokitten
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