WorksheetsBanned Books Week 2020
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 7mins
What does it mean when a book is "Challenged" in a school or library?
The book is hard to read
Someone asked to have it removed
The book is hard to get
Someone has said that the author is not qualified
Why was Winnie the Pooh challenged in California ?
Magic
Negative Messages
Talking animals
Profanity
We discuss Banned Books Week to learn about ...
The freedom to choose what you read
The right to buy a book
The right to go to the library
The right to challenge books you don't like
What book was challenged because it "encourages kids to harm their parents?"
Where the Wild Things Are
Green Eggs & Ham
Hop on Pop
Charlotte's Web
What does it mean when a book is BANNED at a school or library?
It means you have to pay to read it
It means you have to get special permission to read it
The book is not allowed in that school or library
All copies of the book are burned
What book has been challenged over 650 times?
The (a) Amendment protects the right to free speech, ideas, and language used in books.
The top 10 challenged books in 2019 mostly included complaints about....
Racism
Offensive Language
LGBTQ+ Representation
Religion
The ALA started Banned Books week in what year? The same year the Supreme Court ruled the first amendment covers our freedom to read.
1913
1982
2001
1956
Parents attempted to ban this children’s book series from local libraries and schools. Author Barbara Park once said, “The first negative letter was from a grandmother in Minnesota who was annoyed that [the main character] had acted out and that she wasn’t using the Queen’s English.”
Alice and Wonderland
Junie B. Jones
Ramona Quimby
Ivy & Bean
Back in the mid-1990s, this children’s book featuring a hard-to-find wandering protagonist was banned in New York and Michigan for an image of a wardrobe malfunction.
Curious George
Clifford the Big Red Dog
Where's Waldo
The Berenstein Bears
