Happy Banned Books Week to you and yours. I love reading and love reading those banned books. My classroom is stocked with quite a few - Harry Potter, Captain Underpants, Judy Blume, The Giver, How to Eat Fried Worms, Ulysses. I'm kidding about the Ulysses. Their brains would explode on James Joyce. I had a good discussion with my kids about banned books. They got it. "I would punch them in the face if they took my books!" It warmed my heart to see them run to Harriet the Spy when they found out it was a banned book.
What's your favorite banned book? Mine is The Autobiography of Malcolm X. It's very hard to choose. So many wonderful books have been banned. Feel free to write in with your fave banned books.
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Good gravy, on what basis do they ban How To Eat Fried Worms?!? I don't know which banned books I love the most, but I am sure there are many. Who is doing the banning anyhow? Preposterous! Glad you are teaching your kids to Fight the Power.
Well, having just checked Wikipedia, my favorite one on that list is either Catcher in the Rye or anything by Steinbeck. Sheesh! To what list are you referring?
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