I have covered a few of these before, but I want to get into the sheer irony of their banned status. A large part of this problem can be attributed to the theory (courtesy of my 11th-grade English teacher) that most people who are against these books have never even read them. That’s like saying [...]
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And you drop one on the floor Maybe they won’t let you Dry the dishes anymore. This Shel Shilverstein poem is the main reason his classic children’s book A Light in the Attic, was banned from some schools. Parents thought the poem encouraged children to break dishes to get out of doing chores. (Genius!) Here [...]
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I attended an amazing high school full of wonderful teachers who encouraged thoughtful reading. I don’t know if any books were banned in my community, but I remember that our school library always celebrated Banned Books Week. Here’s a list of some great banned books that were part of our curriculum: The Canterbury Tales–language Grendel–violence, [...]
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