Banned Books Week - The Dictionary
Today's surprising banned book:
The Dictionary!!
Yes, the Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary was banned in January 2010 in some California schools for containing definitions such as "Oral Sex".
"The classic American text [was pulled from shelves] for containing "age-inappropriate" words."
Time Magazine covers some more surprising books banned, like Brown Bear, Brown Bear, banned for the wrong reason.
In 2011, "Merriam-Webster's Visual Dictionary drew a parent's objection due to "sexual content or nudity." As a result of the challenge, the dictionary was placed in a restricted area of the library." (ACLU)
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John Vaughan Library Tahlequah - Broken Arrow Library - Muskogee Library
John Vaughan Library Tahlequah - Broken Arrow Library - Muskogee Library
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