>>I have a hard time translating my favorite of hers "Karlson and Baby" (?) (in Russian "Malysh i Karlson". AFAIK this book is almost forbidden here in USA...
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>I read somewhere that "Huckleberry Finn" (one of the books on the list I gave you) was deemed inappropriate, and banned in some libraries. This surprised me; I read it, and don't remember anything inappropriate in that book.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventures_of_Huckleberry_Finn -- see the section on "Controversy".

I can't believe I'm citing the Wikipedia....