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1. Where the Wild Things Are. 2. Le Petit Prince. 3. Aesop's Fables. Clue: This beloved children's book by Clue: Le Petit Prince (The Little Prince) Clue: Aesop, a Greek slave, originally Maurice Sendak was published in 1963. follows a young prince on his adven­ compiled his collection of fables At the time of its publication many tures in space. It was banned in France between 620 and 564 B.C. The fables people felt the book was dark and until 1945, two years after its original have been translated into various frightening for children and was publication, because author Antoine de languages and banned by governments subsequently banned in many libraries Saint-Exupery was exiled by the French because many viewed them as anti­ and schools. government. authoritarian. Image: By Maurice Sendak; Wikimedia Commons; ©Harper Image: By Antoine de Saint-Exupery; Creativity Post; Public &Row Domain

4. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. 5. Gulliver's Travels. 6. William Shakespeare. Clue: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Clue: Jonathan Swift wrote Gulliver's Clue: Wi 11 iam Shakespeare authored 37 written by Lewis Carroll, follows a young Travels in the late 1720s. The book was plays in the late 16th and early 17th girl, Alice, on a fantastical journey in censored and banned due to the centuries. Since its original publication, another land. This book has been inclusion of controversal issues and The Complete Works of William Shake­ banned repeatedly since its publication topics. speare has been repeatedly banned by for varied reasons, including the multiple schools and libraries all over inclusion of talking animals. the world. Image: By H. Herringman, E. Brewster, and R. Bentley; BBC, Public Domain

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7. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. 8. The Canterbury Tales. 9. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Clue:Written by Roald Dahl in 1964, Clue: Geoffrey Chaucer wrote The Clue: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, by Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is Canterbury Tales in the late 14th century Mark Twain, has been banned in several regarded as a classic children's novel. A in Middle English. Since then it has been states. Librarians thought that the Chicago library banned the book in 1988 challenged, censored, or banned many protagonist, Tom Sawyer, was a because it, "Embraced a bad philosophy times in many different countries. problematic character in terms of of life." morality and viewed by some as pro-communist, racist, or subversive. Image: By Worth Brehm; Industrious; Public Domain

10. Anne of Green Gables. 11. Jack London. 12. Jane Austen. Clue: Anne of Green Gables, by L.M. Clue: Jack London's famous and beloved Clue:Jane Austen is one of the most Montgomery, follows the life of Anne, an novel The Call of The Wild, written from well-known English authors in the world. 11-year-old orphan adopted by two the point of view of a dog named Buck, Her novels have been banned in Iran, siblings in the fictional town of Avon lea was banned in Yugoslavia and Italy for China, and New York prison libraries. on Prince Edward Island, Canada. When being too progressive and was even Image: By Unknown; Wikimedia Commons; Public Domain the book was translated into Polish in burned by the Nazis in WWII. 1912 it was an instant hit. However it was Image: By LC Page and Company; Wikimedia Commons; Public Domain banned by the communist government because of its theme of individualism.

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