More banned books listed alphabetically by title, listing author and reason for disapproval. Remember that many many of our most beloved books are among the banned books (not just the ones for children.) Check them out, take time to read one or two or seventy. You will probably be happily surprised!

1. Naomi in the Middle by Norma Klein

2. Nappy Hair by Carolivia Herron

3. Nightmares: Poems to Trouble Your Sleep by Jack Prelutsky

4. None of the Above by Rosemary Wells

5. Number the Stars by Lois Lowry

6. Outside Over There by Maurice Sendak

7. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton

8.  Perez and Martina by Pura Belpre

9. Pinkerton, Behave by Steven Kellog (violent)

10. The Rainbow Kite by Marlene Fanta Shyer

11. The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant (picture showing grandfather has a tattoo on his arm)

12. Revolting Rhymes by Roald Dahl

13. The Rose and the Beast: Fairy Tales Retold by Francesca Lea Block (profanity)

14. Rumpelstiltskin

15. Sari Says: The Real Dirt on Everything From Sex To School by Sari Locker (deals with sexual issues)

16. Scary Stories (series) by Alvin Schwartz (scary; "This book goes far beyond other scary books"; violence and cannibalism; unacceptably violent; shows the dark side of religion through the occult, the devil, and Satanism) series includes: Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark; More Scary Stories To Tell in the Dark; Scary Stories 3: More Tales To Chill Your Bones

17. A Series of Unfortunate Events (the series) by Lemony Snicket

18. Show Me! A Picture Book of Sex For Children and Parents by Will McBride (inappropriate for a library collection)

19. Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth Speare

20. The Sissy Duckling by Harvey Fierstein (gay-positive themes)

21. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares

22. The Skull of Truth: A Magic Shop Book by Bruce Coville (depiction of a gay character)

23. The Slave Dancer by Paula Fox (too graphic depiction of slavery)

24. Snow Bound by Harry Mazer

25. Sounder by William Howard Armstrong (use of the words "nigger" and "boy")

26. Soup by Robert Newton Peck

27. Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

28. Starring Sally J. Freedman as Herself by Judy Blume

29. Story of Little Black Sambo by Helen Bannerman

30. The Stupids by Harry Allard and James Marshall (undermines the authority of parents; children shouldn't refer to anyone as stupid)

31. The Stupids Have a Ball by Harry Allard ad James Marshall (reinforces negative behavior and low self-esteem)

32. The Stupids Step Out by Harry Allard and James Marshall (describes families in a derogatory manner and might encourage children to disobey their parents; includes disrespectful language; makes parents look like boobs and undermines authority)

33. Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig (characters are animals and police are pigs)

34. Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold (stereotypes African Americans as eating fried chicken and watermelon and drinking beer)

35. Then Again Maybe I Won't by Judy Blume

36. Three Billy Goats Gruff by Peter C. Asbjornsen

37. Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll

38. Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume

39. The Trouble With Babies by Martha Freeman (brief mention of an adopted child's two gay fathers; homosexual agenda; author has been asked to reissue the novel without the mention of gay men)

40. The Upstairs Room by Johanna Reiss

41. Vasalissa the Beautiful: Russian Fairy Tales (violence, voodoo, and cannibalism)

42. View From the Cherry Tree by Willo Davis Roberts

43. Walter the Farting Dog by William Kotzwinkle and Glenn Murray (use of the word fart and farting 24 times)

44. What Janie Found by Caroline B. Cooney

45. What's Happening To My Body? Book for Girls: A Growing Up Guide For Parents and Daughters by Lynda Madaras

46. What You Never Knew About Tubs, Toilets, and Showers by Patricia Lauber

47. Where Did I Come From? by Peter Mayle

48. Where Do Babies Come From? by Margaret Sheffield and Shelia Bewley

49. Where's Waldo? by Martin Handford (there is a tiny drawing of a woman lying on the beach wearing a bikini bottom but no top)

50. Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein (suggests drug use, the occult, suicide, death, violence, disrespect for truth, disrespect for legitimate authority, rebellion against parents; a poem titled "Dreadful" talks about how "someone ate the baby"; promotes cannibalism; "silly poems will incite children to mutiny"; see A Light In the Attic)

51. Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne

52. Witch Baby by Francesca Lia Block (profanity, drug use, sex, torture)

53. The Witches by Roald Dahl (conflicts with religious and moral beliefs; "the children misbehave and take retribution on the adults and there's never, ever a consequence for their actions"; "too sophisticated and did not teach moral values"; satanic; could desensitize children to crimes related to witchcraft; depicts witches as ordinary-looking women; could entice impressionable children into becoming involved in the occult; use of the word 'slut'; "the boy is turned into a mouse by the witches and will have to stay a mouse for the rest of his life.")

54. The Witches of Worm by Zilpha Keatley Snyder (could lead young readers to embrace satanism; objections to its references to the occult)

55. Witches, Pumpkins, and Grinning Ghosts: The Story of the Halloween Symbols by Edna Barth

56. The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare (promotes witchcraft and violence)

57. Witch Poems by Daisy Wallace

58. The Witch's Sister by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

59. The Witches of Worm by Zilpha Keatley Snyder

60. Wizard of Oz by Frank Baum

61. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle (sends a mixed signal to children about good and evil; objected to listing the name of Jesus Christ together with the names of great artists, philosophers, scientists and religious leaders when referring to defenders of Earth against evil; undermines religious beliefs; the story promotes witchcraft, crystal balls, and demons)