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• Something Happened in Our Town

  a Child's Story About Racial Injustice

  Celano, Marianne,

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  Reasons for challenge: “Divisive language” and anti-police views.

• The Hips on the Drag Queen Go Swish, Swish, Swish

  Lil Miss Hot Mess,

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  Reason for challenge: obscene.

• Where the Wild Things Are

  Sendak, Maurice

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  Reasons for challenge: unsuited to age group (too dark) and supernatural themes.

• King & King

  Haan, Linda de, 1965-

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  Reasons for challenge: homosexuality and unsuited for age group.

• Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?

  Martin, Bill, 1916-2004

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  Reason for challenge: author was mistaken for a socialist activist of the same name.

• A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo

  Twiss, Jill,

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  Reasons for challenges and bans: includes LGBTQIA+ content and political and religious viewpoints.

• Jacob's New Dress

  Hoffman, Sarah,

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  Reasons for challenge: gender expression and homosexuality.

• The Family Book

  Parr, Todd

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  Reasons for challenge: homosexuality, unsuited for age group.

• Hop on Pop

  Seuss, Dr

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  Reason for challenge: promotes violence against fathers.

• This Day in June

  Pitman, Gayle E.

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  Reason for challenge: contains homosexuality.

• Prince & Knight

  Haack, Daniel,

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  Reasons for challenge and restriction: homosexuality, causing gender dysphoria and for religious viewpoint.

• My Princess Boy

  a Mom's Story About a Young Boy Who Loves to Dress Up

  Kilodavis, Cheryl

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  Reasons for challenge: homosexuality and unsuited to age group.

• And Tango Makes Three

  Richardson, Justin, 1963-

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  Reasons for challenge: anti-family, homosexuality, political viewpoint, religious viewpoint and unsuited for age group. Additional reasons: “promotes the homosexual agenda.”

• I Am Jazz!

  Herthel, Jessica,

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  Reasons for challenge: promoting homosexuality, discussing sexual education, offending religious viewpoints, being unsuitable for age group and being inaccurate.

• Where's Waldo?

  Handford, Martin

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  Reason for challenge: sexually explicit. Note: the book was updated in 1997 and no longer includes the questionable material.

• Uncle Bobby's Wedding

  Brannen, Sarah S.,

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  Reason for challenge: homosexuality.

• Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress

  Baldacchino, Christine, 1977-

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  Reasons for challenge: gender expression and homosexuality.

• The Lorax

  Seuss, Dr

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  Reason for challenge: portrays the foresting industry in a negative way.

• Sylvester and the Magic Pebble

  Steig, William, 1907-

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  Reason for challenge: portrays police as pigs.