Dear flist:

[winkingstar]

I am looking for suggestions of censorship in children's books. Not censorship of children's books, but rather books about censorship - stories in which censorship of some kind plays a significant role. I am hoping to do a paper on the portrayal of censorship in children's books, but all that can be found on Google relates to censorship of children's literature and the Library of Congress Subject Headings are not terribly helpful for Censorship--fiction.

I am open to creative interpretations of "censorship" - it doesn't necessarily have to be about banning books (which is the biggest topic on Google). In fact, I would be particularly interested in other types of censure, since I've already found a number of children's books about the censorship of books. Any suppression of freedom of expression is fair game. Picture books and chapter books are both welcome ("children" are defined by the ALA as being from birth through age 14).

Here's what I've got so far (including books I've read and books I've found in my searching):

• Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians by Brandon Sanderson
  
• Matilda by Roald Dahl
  
• The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain by Peter Sís
  
• Starry Messenger: Galileo Galilei by Peter Sís
  
• Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
  
• Arthur and the Scare-Your-Pants-Off Club by Marc Brown
  
• Fly By Night by Frances Hardinge
  
• Maudie and Me and the Dirty Book by Betty Miles
  
• Pockets by Jennifer Armstrong
  
• Memoirs of a Bookbat by Kathryn Lasky
  
• The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
  
• The Rebellious Alphabet by Jorge Diaz

I feel like there's a few more books itching at the back of my mind, but I can't quite put my finger on them.