Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2002 13:43:40 -0400
From: Kafka Dreams
To: void
Subject: economic downturn increases attention costs


I wasn't paying attention and I missed BANNED BOOKS WEEK last week: 

  http://www.ala.org/bbooks/index.html

Maybe you missed it too... if so, check out the page above, which has
a link to THE 100 MOST FREQUENTLY CHALLENGED BOOKS here:

  http://www.ala.org/bbooks/top100bannedbooks.html

PDF here:

  http://www.ala.org/bbooks/top100.pdf

As someone commented, looks like a great summer reading list (well,
except for a couple of bits of drivel).

An interesting list of the authors most commonly challenged:

  The most frequently challenged authors in 2001 were J. K. Rowling,
  Robert Cormier, John Steinbeck, Judy Blume, Maya Angelou, Robie
  Harris, Gary Paulsen, Walter Dean Myers, Phyllis Reynolds Naylor,
  and Bette Greene.

  The most frequently challenged authors in 2000 were J.K. Rowling,
  Robert Cormier, Lois Duncan, Piers Anthony, Walter Dean Myers,
  Phylis Reynolds Naylor, John Steinbeck, Maya Angelou, Christopher
  Pike, Caroline Cooney, Alvin Schwartz, Lois Lowry, Harry Allard,
  Paul Zindel, and Judy Blume.

Hmm... interesting that Paul Zindel fell off last year, since I think
he's been on the list since I was a kid in the 70's.

Kelly J.