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    14 Classic Children’s Books That Have Been Banned In America

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    1. Where's Waldo? by Martin Handford

    2. The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein

    3. Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne

    4. James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl

    5. Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh

    6. Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank

    7. Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson

    8. Charlotte's Web by E. B. White

    9. Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

    10. Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

    11. The Lorax by Dr. Seuss

    12. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl

    13. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum

    14. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see? by Bill Martin, Jr.

    BONUS: The Merriam-Webster Dictionary

    Special thanks to http://bannedbooks.world.edu

    This post originally stated that Green Eggs and Ham was banned in America due to homosexual tendencies, but that turned out to be a terrible, terrible rumor. Though the book was, in fact, banned in China, it was never banned in America (to our knowledge). Sorry!