Comments on: Banned Books Week

By: Andy Havens

Andy Havens — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 21:23:25 +0000

OCLC published, in 2005, the list of books that were both ever banned, and on the OCLC 1000 (the top 1,000 books held by OCLC libraries worldwide). Link is here: http://www.oclc.org/research/top1000/banned.htm

Click through on any of those books to find one in a library near you.

By: moo

moo — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 17:32:54 +0000

That list is a nice mix of timeless classics, harmless children’s stories (where’s waldo??) and sex-education books.

If I had kids, I would want them to read about half of the books on that list by the time they were 15 or so. I wish all those censors had more taste!

By: Inhibitor

Inhibitor — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 16:59:06 +0000

I feel like a slacker…I’ve only read 14 of the books on that list.

And let’s face it…Where’s Waldo teaches young children that, every time they’re in a large crowd, they should look for a guy in a red-and-white striped shirt with glasses and go to him.

Either that, or the glasses reminded someone too much of Harry Potter’s, in which case Waldo is EEEEEVIL.

/rolleyes

By: Cosmik

Cosmik — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 03:11:04 +0000

Where’s Waldo?

But…but…it’s a classic!