![]() ![]() Pilkey’s “Captain Underpants” books landed on the group’s list as the sixth most frequently challenged book. tracked 515 challenges to remove or restrict publications. Last year, the Chicago-based American Library Assn. The district receives a few complaints each year about books with dark themes, foul language and sexual content, said librarian Christine Allen, who heads the committee deciding the fate of “Super Diaper Baby.” Since 1989, when Allen began tracking complaints, the only request granted was seven years ago, when officials removed Robert Cormier’s “The Chocolate War” from middle school libraries because of profanity and a masturbation scene. Tavaglione said she also has problems with the spelling, but suggested a creative exercise for parents and their children: “You can tell them to find all the misspellings in the book and then have them correct them.”Įarlier this school year, Riverside Unified discussed and denied two parental attempts to ban Ray Bradbury’s “Fahrenheit 451” and Sandra Benitez’s “A Place Where the Sea Remembers.” I think I’d have more of a problem if students were forced to read it.” ![]() “But it is pretty creative, and a lot of students like reading it. “I don’t like the idea of poop being in the story,” said Sue Tavaglione, a parent and committee member. “Super Diaper Baby” is not required reading and cost nothing through book fair drives for leisure reading in classrooms and libraries. ![]() For the school district, the issue is less clear. ![]()
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