Freedom to Read Week 2021 will take place from February 21 to 27, 2021. We have selected some of the challenged books from the challenged book list on the Freedom to Read website which are available at UBC Education library.
French Books
Les papas de Violette
Émilie Chazerand; Gaëlle Souppart.
PZ23.C467 Pp 2017 French Collection
Qu’est-ce queue vous faites là?
Dominique Jolin.
PZ20.9.J554 QS 1993 French Collection
Juvenile Literature
Dumplin‘
Julie Murphy.
PZ7.M95352 Dm 2017
Maus: a survivor’s tale
Art Spiegelman.
D804.3 .S66
Trouble Is a Friend of Mine
Stephanie Tromly.
PZ7.1.T76 Tr 2015
The Scorpion Rules
Erin Bow
PZ7.B67167 Sc 2015
The graveyard book
Neil Gaiman; with illustrations by Dave McKean.
PZ7.G1273 Gr 2008
Rabbit ears
Maggie de Vries.
PZ7.D497 Rb 2014
Power Play
Eric Walters
PZ7 .W168 Pw 2013
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Stephen Chbosky.
PZ7 .C3978 Pr 1999
Children’s Books
The penguin and the pea
retold and illustrated by Janet Perlman.
PZ4.9.P315 Pn 2004
Little Rat Makes Music
Monika Bang-Campbell; illustrated by Molly Bang.
PZ7.B2218 Lr 2007
Hop on Pop
Dr. Seuss
PZ8.3 .G276 Hp 2006
Spooky A B C
Eve Merriam; illustrated by Lane Smith.
PZ8.3 .M25 Sp 2002
And Tango makes three
Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell; illustrated by Henry Cole.
PZ10.3.R414 An 2005
Asha’s mums
by Rosamund Elwin & Michele Paulse; illustrated by Dawn Lee.
PZ4.9.E468 AS 1990
Mrs. Lilly is Silly!
Dan Gutman; pictures by Jim Paillot.
PZ7.G9846 Mr 2011
Bedtime for Frances
Russell Hoban; pictures by Garth Williams.
PZ10.3 .H646 Be
Donovan’s big day
Lesléa Newman; illustrations by Mike Dutton.
PZ8.3.N4655 Dn 2011
Want to learn more about banned books? Check this out:
Hit list for young adults 2: frequently challenged books
Teri S. Lesesne and Rosemary Chance for the Young Adult Library Services Association of the American Library Association; with a foreword by Chris Crutcher. Online
A guide for librarians containing profiles of twenty young adult books that are often challenged by parents, presenting plot summaries, lists of reviews, and discussions of each book’s controversial issues. Also provides the ALA Library Bill of Rights and explains how to write a book rationale.
Z1019 .L48 2002