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30 banned books that may surprise you

The following books may seem harmless to most readers, but they all made it onto banned books lists at one time or another.

17. 'Grimm's Fairy Tales,' by Jacob Ludwig Karl Grimm and Wilhelm Karl Grimm

At first glance, banning fairy tales 鈥 in this case, from kindergarten through fifth grade in an Arizona school 鈥 may seem absurd. But on closer inspection, parental concern is less surprising. In these versions of "Grimm's Fairy Tales" Snow White almost gets killed by a corset and Cinderella's stepsisters cut off parts of their own feet.

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