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I've been reading this list for awhile now...down to the last 20 or so.
There are some truly amazing books on this list....Native Son, Invisible Man, Lord of the Rings, The World According to Garp, The Naked and the Dead...LOVED them....
So excited to see you posted this!
Actually this list...
[www.ala.org]
09/27/09
It's too bad no one objects to the books that are REALLY offensive, like Glenn Beck's book. But I guess that just means people who truly love books and understand the point of reading them also understand even the stupidest books shouldn't be burned.
09/27/09
Why was this book challenged? Interestingly, for two very opposite reasons. The first, the "obvious witchcraft" (where was that exactly?) and use of the Medium--unsurprisingly, this challenge started in my home county. The other reason it was challenged was because they listed Jesus as a hero who, along with others, fought the darkness invading this world.
It reminds me of a Rorschach test--you see in the book whatever you want to see. You're heightened to religion? Boom, you'll see anti-Christian themes. Or, in other cases, a mention of Jesus as a hero becomes offensive. Of course, this is not how most people operate, but generally people who want something to rail against will usually be able to find their reason, however illogical it may seem to everyone else.
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Who accused And Tango Makes Three of being sexist and anti-ethnic? I mean, the other reasons I can twist my mind far enough to understand, but... really?
09/27/09
I remember people talking about how they were afraid of Harry Potter, and they didn't know why exactly but they didn't want their children 'getting into' it. I guess they might have been getting in over their heads when it came to reading fantasy stories. That's some dark stuff, Harry Potter, what with the magical power of love and all.
There was also this Onion article, clearly fake, but it circulated around the Internet among Christians and homeschoolers a few years ago, and it was presented as real.
[www.snopes.com]
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Burned by Nazis in 1930; challenged by the US school system 50 years later.
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I didn't know Mr. Cormier was on the banned list, but on reflection, of course that makes sense.
Who draws these things up again?
09/27/09
They're a listing of which books parents and religious folks are requesting to have banned from public libraries.
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If you have to dry the dishes
(Such an awful boring chore)
If you have to dry the dishes
('Stead of going to the store)
If you have to dry the dishes
And you drop one on the floor
Maybe they won't let you
Dry the dishes anymore
getting a book banned is maybe the funniest thing I've ever read. I mean, funny in a "what is WRONG with people?" sort of way, but still... funny. Also, Shel Silverstein was my introduction to poetry, and I love him. And I still do the dishes most of the time so, what now book banners?
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Not that I'm still baffled by that or anything...