Let me explain to you how important Little Women is in my
personal history: I was named Amy for the youngest March sister. My
daughter shares a name with another, and the other two March girl’s
names were top contenders. I’ve probably read this book, no lie, 100
times since I first picked it up when I was 8 or 9 years old.
Which is why I found it mystifying when I looked over this list of most frequently challenged children’s books and found Little Women
included. I immediately grabbed it for my entry in our Banned Books
Week coverage. I found it absolutely, positively mystifying that those
incredibly wholesome book – a book which, it must be noted, even author
Louisa May Alcott herself found a little much – would be offensive to
anyone.
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