Theyre just some of the 11,850 books banned in texas prisons by the texas department of criminal justice tdcj, according to the texas. After doing some research, the one issue that was mentioned repeatedly, is a topless female sunbather in the beach scene on page 4. After doing a little research, i found that earlier versions of wheres waldo featured a topless sunbather on one of the pages, and there were complaints made. Santa spectacular is among the 0 books banned from texas prisons, but adolf hitlers. Santa spectacular is among the 0 books banned from texas prisons, but adolf. The 1952 novel about a man who seems to have fallen into a racial oblivion in america has. Regardless, as a result the book was removed from several schools and libraries including the saginaw, michigan public schools in 1989 and the springs public school library in east hampton, new york in 1993. Seeing as how the wheres waldo books have very little words, the offense would likely be in the pictures. According to the american library associations website, martin handfords wheres waldo was one of the top 100 most frequently challenged.
The ala regularly registers complaints about books as well as actual book bannings and keeps ongoing track of them. But theres something much more serious linking them. Prisoners are barred from reading more than 0 books. It is banned because officials fear it might cause offender disruption.
Ralph ellisons invisible man has just been banned in school libraries in one north carolina county. Texas prisons have banned almost 12,000 books, including. Santa spectacular is among the 10,000 books banned from texas prisons, but adolf hitlers autobiography mein kampf makes the cut. A long island school in the 1990s banned this book due to an illustration of a woman sunbathing topless. According to the american library associations challenged and banned books web site. In this hot mess of a book thats supposed to make it difficult for you to find.
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