Well, in case you missed this tidbit of news in the world of books, this week is Banned Book Week!
This is a magical time of year when authors, readers, librarians and bibliophiles get together to promote a world free from book censorship. In honor of that I have collected a few of my favorite banned books for your perusal.
That's right, Dr. Seuss was banned.
The violent images of violence perpetuated by children against their long-suffering father prompted quite a few complaints up in Canada forcing several libraries to pull the book from their shelves.
Of course, we all know Dr. Seuss, that warped man, was really just promoting patricide, not literacy.
Technically The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit and the Silmarillion have all been banned at one time or another. Though, if anyone who recommended the Silmarillion be banned had actually read it I would eat my nonexistent hat.
All three of these were banned because they possessed an obvious connection to Satanism. After all, who hasn't actually opened a portal to the underworld just by reading about Hobbits? Oh, did that just happen to me? Okay then.
Yep, your favorite childhood poet was secretly poisoning your mind.
How? Well, obviously the book promoted cannibalism, naughty behavior by children and mass plate breaking.
No, seriously, there was a group that freaked out because this book displayed children breaking multiple plates instead of washing them, which obviously was encouraging child-based anarchy.
This spunky little girl was actually an insidious, clandestine plan to encourage children to spy!
Well, I guess it is in the title, so you know, it wasn't very secret...
As an author and bibliophile, I strongly encourage everyone to go out, find a "Banned Book" and read it! That's right, do something dangerous, buck the censorship system and read!
Let me know what your favorite banned book is in the comments below!
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