Why was Charlotte's Web banned?

Answer 1

In 2006, a group of parents in Kansas asked that the book be banned since they felt that talking animals were blasphemous. There has also been criticism that Charlotte's death was inappropriate for a children's book.

Answer 2

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was banned by a school librarian because it "espoused a poor philosophy of life," whatever that means.

Of course Dahl's "James and the Giant Peach" was banned because it "promoted drug use." (the "green things" the man gives James).

I think these books were banned because of a shortage of imagination the small minority of people known as the "squeaky wheels."

Answer 3

Yes.I wasn't aware of this but Wikpediah has this to say on the subject: Although the book has always been popular, over the years a number of prominent individuals have spoken critically of the novel. Children novelist and literary historian John Rowe Townsend has described the book as "fantasy of an almost literally nauseating kind" and accusing it of "astonishing insensitivity" regarding the original portrayal of the Oompa-Loompas as black pygmies, although Dahl did revise this later. Another novelist, Eleanor Cameron, compared the book to the candy that forms its subject matter, commenting that it is "delectable and soothing while we are undergoing the brief sensory pleasure it affords but leaves us poorly nourished with our taste dulled for better fare".Ursula K. Le Guin voiced her support for this assessment in a letter to Cameron. Defenders of the book have pointed out it was unusual for its time in being quite dark for a children's book, with the "antagonists" not being adults or monsters (as is the case even for most of Dahl's books) but the naughty children.

hope this helps and sorry if its really long

Source(s):wikipedia(charlie and the chocolate factory)

Answer 4

One reason may be because Piglet offended Muslims, and the Russian government thought it was some political code, so they banned it.