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Chapter & Verse 10 most challenged books list for 2012 includes some newcomers
The most-challenged book series of 2012 was the 'Captain Underpants' books by Dav Pilkey. Former list-toppers 'ttyl' and 'The Hunger Games' are missing from the list entirely.
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Chapter & Verse 10 most challenged books on the American Library Association's 2011 list
The 'ttyl' series by Lauren Myracle and 'The Color of Earth' by Kim Dong Hwa top the 2011 rankings of most challenged books.
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Banned Books Week 2011: Top 10 most challenged books of 2010
Each year during Banned Books Week, the American Library Association tells us which titles available in public US libraries and schools received the most complaints or challenges during the previous year. In 2010, it seems, it was modern bestsellers – rather than classics from earlier decades – that provoked the most heat. Banned Books Week 2011 is being observed from Sept. 24 - Oct. 1.
09/26/2011 02:36 pm -
10 most frequently challenged books of 2010
Every year at this time the American Library Association compiles its list of "most frequently challenged" library books from the past year. The 2010 list includes some titles carried over from previous years (No. 1 on the list, "And Tango Makes Three," has appeared on the top of the "most challenged" list every year since its 2005 publication) and some new ones (including No. 5, teen bestseller "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins, causing The Washington Post to comment that making the list has become "a virtual rite of passage for young adult sensations.") Here are the 10 books on the top of the 2010 list.
04/12/2011 12:56 pm -
Chapter & Verse Color e-readers: boon for or bane of children's books?
Apple is making a leap into illustrated books today, adding more than 100 children’s book, photo, and cookbook titles to its iBookstore.
12/15/2010 11:07 am -
Chapter & Verse Banned Books Week: 5 books almost anyone might want to ban
Even ardent opponents of censorship could hesitate when it comes to titles like these.
09/28/2010 05:59 pm -
Chapter & Verse Banned Books Week 2010: Which books drew the most fire last year?
More than half of reported book challenges in 2009 came from two states: Texas and Pennsylvania.
09/23/2010 06:02 pm
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