Captain Underpants Tops The BAN and BOO list

Once again parents and teachers have shown concern that their potty-mouthed kids are being influenced by a badly-drawn comic hero called "Captain Underpants." Nevermind that Dav Pilkey's picture books come from Scholastic Press!

Perhaps somebody will be able to prove that rappers wearing their pants around their thighs to show off their underwear, were all fans of "Captain Underpants" when they were in fifth grade.

The American Library Association's list of the most-banned and most booed books for students, once again shoots itself in the rear by including so many well respected titles.

Aside from "Captain Underpants" from Scholastic Books, rounding out the Unholy Three were Nobel laureate Toni Morrison's "The Bluest Eye," and Sherman Alexie's 'The Absolute True Diary of a Part-Time Indian." And yes, the un-PC word "Indian" had something to do with it, but sexual references in both of those books were cited as well.

Coming in at number 4 was the more logical choice for disgust, E.L. James' BD and BW (that bondage/domination badly written) book series "Fifty Shades of Grey." And rounding out the "I'll give you five and slap you silly for reading it" is Suzanne Collins' "The Hunger Games." The latter two are obviously considered as books no "decent library" should carry, even if under the counter and for adults who ask for them.