This installment in the wildly popular frontier series by real-life pioneer Wilder was banned from a South Dakota classroom because of comments the characters in the book made about Native Americans.
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30 banned books that may surprise you
Why do books get banned from schools and libraries? There's nothing too terribly surprising about the idea that parents and teachers may strive to limit the access of young readers to books heavy on sex and/or violence. But there are some titles – like "Where's Waldo?" or "Sylvester and the Magic Pebble" – whose presence on banned book lists seems quite mysterious. The following 30 books may seem innocent to many, but they have all raised reader objections at one time or another.
1. 'Little House on the Prairie,' by Laura Ingalls Wilder
