Banned Books Awareness: “Captain Underpants”

April 21, 2013 R. Wolf Baldassarro 0

Most of us aren’t surprised by “Fifty Shades of Grey” being the fourth most-challenged book of 2012, but would you expect a children’s book to make number one? Dav Pilkey’s “Captain Underpants” has been repeatedly banned or challenged due to concerns over offensive language and charges of being “unsuited for […]

Banned Books Awareness: “Gone with the Wind”

April 7, 2013 R. Wolf Baldassarro 10

Some label it as historical romance; while others argue that it doesn’t have all of the required elements, thus making it simply an historical novel- but all would agree that the 1936 work by Margaret Mitchell is one of the quintessential works of American literature. Gone with the Wind garnered […]