judy blume, a delight and honor to have you on this program. >> i am happy to be here. tavis: i wrote this down. i want to make sure i got this right. it was hard for me to believe. my producer found this for me. you have 14 of your books on the publisher's weekly's all-time best selling kids books. four of your books are on the american library association top 100 books. 14th greatest of all time. four on the pop band by the library association -- top banned by the library association. what the make of that? >> the sensors do not come after books until they know kids really like them. when kids like a book, there must be something wrong with the book. if you look at banned books, you see they are popular books with kids. tavis: what the make of the ones that have been censored? is there a thread that runs through them, from your perspective? >> i started writing in the 70's. books were not banned in the 70's. in the 80's, when they started to be challenged by parents coming into the school library, it was always about puberty. puberty is a dirty word. as if if they do

the authors will include anyone from michael black, judy blume, kareem abdul-jabbar, rodney king, we will also be having many of the award-winning editorial members of the "los angeles times" editorial staff. they will be moderating panels. that being said, there is a little something for everyone here to celebrate about the written word. >> in his new book, rodney king recounts his life following the video recording of his beating by los angeles police on march 3, 1991. mr. king talks about his own legal problems and alcohol addiction since then, as well as the acquittal of four of the police officers in the case. on tuesday, rodney king spoke at the research for black culture in harlem. "book tv" will bring you this event live online. at 630 eastern time, go to "book tv".org and click the watch button on featured programs. you can also check our tv schedule for air times of this event. >> here is a look at some new books being released this week. former secretary of state madeleine albright recounts her childhood in prague winter. nationally syndicated talk radio show host, dennis

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