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One of a host of books one Mom wants banned has a lot in common with Twilight. But what makes The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants the antithesis of the vampire quadrilogy is one of the chief reasons parents should be embracing it.
Like Twilight, Ann Brashares Sisterhood is a young adult book with a cult adult following. Like Twilight, it’s spawned two movies.It’s also part of a quartet of books.
And that’s where the comparisons end. Continue reading »
If you’re planning a trip to Vermont with the kiddos, slowly back away from the suitcase. A bunch of Tulsa parents think a view of Vermont is going to ruin your precious grublets forever.
The problem? They allow men to get married there. I know, I know, it’s shocking but true.
Oh yeah, and they don’t want your kids to read about it either. Continue reading »
Most parents love Bill Martin Jr. for the work he did with beloved children’s illustrator and author Eric Carle. But schools in Texas have decided Martin’s beloved tomes have to go.
Not because they’re naughty, but because Martin shares his name with another Bill Martin. The other guy just so happened to write a book (for adults) about Marxism.
And you all know what happens when you expose kids to a little socialism. Continue reading »
It’s hard to imagine anything more educational than a dictionary, so why has a California school district banned them outright?
Oh, those pesky definitions therein.
A cranky parent decided her kid’s dictionary was NSFW – or school – because Merriam Webster’s book contains the definition to the words “oral sex.” Continue reading »
The book contained “pro-gay” messages, so why does one librarian in Colorado remind a questioning patron the book very much belongs in the children’s section?
Because children’s books aren’t about children’s topics. Continue reading »
Usually it’s hysterical patrons calling for censorship, but librarians at Brooklyn’s central library have enraged book lovers worldwide by yanking a seventy-nine-year-old children’s book off its shelves.
The problem? People say TinTin Au Congo, the second book in the Belgian TinTin graphic novel series for kids, is racist. Continue reading »
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