Collection Spotlight: Freedom of Expression, Freedom to Read & Challenged Books

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