Skip to main content. I think it was Sunday when that feeling began. The Color Purple , by Alice Walker, was challenged in Junction City High School in due to "inappropriate language, graphic sexual scenes, and [its] negative image of black men.
Father Christmas , by Raymond Briggs, was challenged at the Astoria Public Library in because it contains cursing, drinking, and a negative image of Santa Claus. In the Night Kitchen , by Maurice Sendak, was challenged, but retained, in at the Beaver Grade School in Beaver and the William Knight Elementary School in Canby because of concerns over nude pictures of children and in Canby only concerns that the book would contribute to sexual abuse.
The challenge was unsuccessful and Jumper was kept on the shelves. The Stand , by Stephen King, is restricted to ninth grade students at the Whitford Intermediate School in Beaverton, who have parental consent, because of sexual language, casual sex, and violence. Censors were successful with Tapping the Vein , by Clive Barker. It was removed from the Multnomah County Library in because of graphic violence, language and sexual content.
The Lorax , Dr. Seuss "I am the Lorax. I speak for the trees, for the trees have no tongues. Endangered Books. Facebook X Reddit Email Print. Why not check one out and decide for yourself? Banned or Challenged Elsewhere Leave this field blank.
