20 banned books that may surprise you

The following books may seem quite harmless to most, but they still made it onto a banned books list.

6. "Little Red Riding Hood," by Charles Perrault

The fairy tale of a little girl who is led astray by a wolf while on the way to her grandmother's house was banned by two California school districts because one of the refreshments for her grandmother that Little Red Riding Hood carried in her basket was wine.

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