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Last year, nearly two thousand books were challenged in libraries across America. According to the American Library Association, that\u2019s a 20 percent jump over a year ago.\xa0

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We looked back at the nearly 150 episodes of the Book Club for Kids and realized how many titles have been challenged over the years. We\u2019re going to revisit those episodes and bring them to you over the coming months, along with the reasons they have been challenged.

Our first book is James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl. According to the University of Tulsa, in 1986, a Wisconsin town banned the book after religious groups said a scene in the book where a spider licks her lips could be interpreted as sexual. A year later, the book was temporarily banned in schools after a woman complained about the depiction of tobacco and whiskey in the book. And in the early 1990\u2019s a Texas public school system banned the book from elementary schools after the district said the use of curse words like \u201cass\u201d were inappropriate. None the less, we present our podcast episode of James and the Giant Peach.

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Link to Curriculum for\xa0James and the Giant Peach