{"id":3365,"date":"2019-12-04T14:04:32","date_gmt":"2019-12-04T19:04:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/?page_id=3365"},"modified":"2022-04-13T11:24:54","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T15:24:54","slug":"more-scary-stories-to-tell-in-the-dark","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/more-scary-stories-to-tell-in-the-dark\/","title":{"rendered":"Banned Books 2018 &#8211; More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"\">\n<div class=\"marsha-row mt-4 mb-4 flex flex-wrap -mx-2 lg:-mx-6  justify-start border-0 border-gray-100 first:mt-0\">\n\t\n<p><!-- *  START LEFT COLUMN  *--><div class=\"columns w-full lg:w-3\/12  lg:px-6    mt-6\">\n<div class=\"\">\n\n<h2>Links<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"\"><a id=\"current\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/bannedbooks-2018\/author\/\">2018 Author<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/bannedbooks-2018\/title\/\">2018 Title<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/\">Banned Books Home<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Cover<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3369\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/12\/scarystories.jpg\" alt=\"more scary stories to tell in the dark\" width=\"1017\" height=\"1670\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/12\/scarystories.jpg 1017w, https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/12\/scarystories-183x300.jpg 183w, https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/12\/scarystories-768x1261.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/12\/scarystories-624x1024.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1017px) 100vw, 1017px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mulibiiidb.marshall.edu\/record=b1123493~S12\">Held by Marshall University (Drinko Library, Juvenile Collection &#8211; 398.25.S399m)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!-- *** ** END LEFT COLUMN ** ***-->\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/p><p><!-- *** ** START RIGHT COLUMN ** **--><div class=\"columns w-full lg:w-9\/12  lg:px-6    mt-6\">\n<div class=\"\">\n\n<p><strong>Marshall University does not ban books!  The information is provided to let people know what has been banned\/challenged elsewhere.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>2018<\/h2>\n<p>The second book in the trilogy of Schwartz&#8217;s macabre folktales, illustrated by Stephen Gammell, was challenged and removed from the school library, final decision pending, at the Lake Travis (TX) Elementary School. The book was challenged because it contained &#8220;violence or horror.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>2007<\/h2>\n<p>Retained in the Greater Clark County (KY) elementary school libraries despite a grandmother&#8217;s request to ban the Scary Stories books written by Alvin Schwartz. She wanted all four or five volumes in the series banned because, she said, they depict cannibalism, murder, witchcraft and ghosts, and include a story about somebody being skinned.<\/p>\n<h2>On These Pages<\/h2>\n<p>A <strong>Banned<\/strong> book has been removed from a library, classroom, etc.<br \/>\nA <strong>Challenged<\/strong> book has been requested to be removed from a library, classroom, etc.<\/p>\n<h2>For additional information contact<\/h2>\n<p>Ron Titus, <a href=\"mailto:titus@marshall.edu\">titus@marshall.edu<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"tel:304-696-6575\">304-696-6575<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Last updated<\/h2>\n<p>August 27, 2018<\/p>\n<p><!-- ** ** END RIGHT COLUMN *** *-->\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n<p><!-- *** * END FULL PAGE DIV * *** --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":0,"parent":2039,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-full-width.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3365","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3365"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3365\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9614,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3365\/revisions\/9614"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}