Occasional parent concerns about a book have morphed into confrontations with groups and parents coming in with long lists of titles they see as inappropriate. It’s happening across the nation and in Minnesota, where Bloomington schools face pressure to remove dozens of titles.
The American Library Association maintains a list of the 100 most banned books. When our kids were growing up we found almost everything we read to them on that list. Nobody bothers to ban books that don’t make people think and challenge authority in some way.