celebrate our freedom - read a banned book

[lilyvonschtupp26]

There was a cool gathering in the plaza outside Chicago Tribune Tower last week where people read excerpts from banned books.
here's a short video about the day:

http://alfocus.ala.org/videos/report-ba ... s-read-out

gotta go now. I'm going back to finish "The Earth, my Butt, and other big round things"! It's a great book.

Embrace the Lorax!
Did you know they wanted to ban Little Red Riding Hood because the illustrator put a bottle of wine in the basket for Granny?

[TheCalvinator24]

Maybe I should re-read the Harry Potter series.

Again.

[PlacentiaSoccerMom]

A few years ago a parent tried to have all Halloween books banned from Emma's elementary school library, but it never happened.

The librarian was ready for a protest about The Higher Power of Lucky, but nobody said anything about it. Emma heard a discussion about various libraries trying to ban the book on NPR and it made her more inclined to want to read it.

[rayxtwo]

I read a book about The Doors once. It was about a band they wanted banned


Ray

[lilyvonschtupp26]

let's just try to work the word "scrotom" into our everyday vocabulary, and then people won't get their shorts in a knot over "The Higher Power of Lucky". I read the book. It was terrific.

Let's celebrate the Lorax, Huckleberry Finn, Big Butts, and Little Red Riding Hood (and of course our lovable wizard Harry!)

good night.

[TheConfessor]

let's just try to work the word "scrotom" into our everyday vocabulary, and then people won't get their shorts in a knot over "The Higher Power of Lucky". I read the book. It was terrific.

In my official capacity of Forum Moderator, I just want to recommend that if you plan on using that word a lot, you should spell it "scrotum," not "scrotom." As a1mamacat noted, all forum monitors have scrota, so this might be a sensitive subject on the board.

[TheCalvinator24]

Sometimes mine is more sensitive than other times.