I think I actually did this "bold what you've read" list before and there were a LOT that I've read.

I think banning books is the obvious evidence of narrow minded insecure people who feel the need to shield others from making their own choices.

Sad beings.

I haven't read a lot of these, but I've put many of them on my to-read list. At least half are children books! And of the ones I HAVE read, I don't understand what the issue is!!

The first book in the Jean Auel Children of the Earth Series is Clan of the Cave Bear and is a very good book but includes an intense rape scene. I didn't care for the rest of the Series.

As for some of the children's books:

The Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak is challenged because there is an illustration of a little boy's penis. I think I remember he is wearing a cape and nothing else during an otherwise innocent dream. Julie of the Wolves is a good book that is challenged because Julie is almost raped before being rescued by a wolf. Little Black Sambo is challenged as racist. The Stupid's is challenged as disrespectful and uses the word stupid (I kid you not!) Are You There God... because it deals with death. Face on the Milk Carton because it deals with a kidnapped child.

And on and on... I think people are afraid their children might read about controversial or painful issues that exist in the world. And they mistakenly feel that pretending these issues don't exist will protect or prolong their children's innocence.

If I remember Where's Waldo doesn't even have words, just pictures so I guess the objection to it is that it doesn't promote reading?

James and the Giant Peach? Goosebumps?? Come one! It's funny to me that one of the movies -- Face on the Milk Carton -- was made into one of those Lifetime channel woman-as-whiny-victim movies.

I read How to Eat Fried Worms (and several of these other books) to my third graders when I taught school..

Little did I know I was being so controversial....