New York State English Council's Committee on Defense Against Censorship found that in 1968, Animal Farm had been widely deemed a "problem book".
nˈuː jˈɔːɹk stˈeɪt ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ kˈaʊnsəlz kəmˈɪɾi ˌɔn dᵻfˈɛns ɐɡˈɛnst sˈɛnsɚʃˌɪp fˈaʊnd ðæt ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti ˈeɪt, ˈænɪməl fˈɑːɹm hɐdbɪn wˈaɪdli dˈiːmd ˈeɪ "pɹˈɑːbləm bˈʊk".