Many know of the childhood story about a boy who tragically lost his parents to a rhinoceros attack and had to live with his evil aunts and then perceives through the hardship and joins a magical world of creatures and friends. This story is James and the Giant Peach what I am sure many of your do not know is that James and the Giant Peach has been banned many times.
As shocking as it may seem this timeless tale has been banned for: being too scary for the targeted age group, mysticism, sexual inferences, profanity, racism, references to tobacco and alcohol, and claims that it promotes disobedience, drugs and communism.
It has been challenge by such places as Indian River County, Florida, Altoona, Wisconsin and Hernando County, Florida.
Read the rest of this article to find why it is banned in these cities, background on the author of this beloved book and much more. http://bannedbooks.world.edu/2011/05/22/banned-books-awareness-james-giant-peach/
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