Totoro C
It's such a great book - what kind of an idiot would put this book on the 'banned book list'?!?!
WHY?!?!?!?
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In the case of James and the Giant Peach, a challenge was brought to the school advisory council in Indian River County, Florida, because of the story's mystical element: magic crocodile tongues given to James by a mysterious old man serve as fertilizer to his aunts' decrepit peach tree.
The Times of London reported that James and the Giant Peach was once banned in a Wisconsin town because a reference to Spider licking her lips could be "taken in two ways, including sexual."
Other challenges to James and the Giant Peach are a bit more conventional. The use of the word "a$$" led to a 1991 challenge in Altoona, Wisconsin. One year later, a woman in Hernando County, Florida, took issue with Grasshopper's statement, "I'd rather be fried alive and eaten by a Mexican!", as well as references to snuff, tobacco and whiskey. Her complaints to her 10-year-old daughter's school principal led to review by the regional school board.
In the case of James and the Giant Peach, a challenge was brought to the school advisory council in Indian River County, Florida, because of the story's mystical element: magic crocodile tongues given to James by a mysterious old man serve as fertilizer to his aunts' decrepit peach tree.
The Times of London reported that James and the Giant Peach was once banned in a Wisconsin town because a reference to Spider licking her lips could be "taken in two ways, including sexual."
Other challenges to James and the Giant Peach are a bit more conventional. The use of the word "a$$" led to a 1991 challenge in Altoona, Wisconsin. One year later, a woman in Hernando County, Florida, took issue with Grasshopper's statement, "I'd rather be fried alive and eaten by a Mexican!", as well as references to snuff, tobacco and whiskey. Her complaints to her 10-year-old daughter's school principal led to review by the regional school board.
What are a list of great books to read?
Savannah
I need great books to read! My friend got on here and asked the same question and she found a LOT of great books to read and bought alot of them. I am thinking of starting a book list where when I get the book I can mark it off or something. Please help!
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Time put together this list of the 100 greatest novels - maybe you can get some ideas from here!
http://www.time.com/time/2005/100books/the_complete_list.html
Time put together this list of the 100 greatest novels - maybe you can get some ideas from here!
http://www.time.com/time/2005/100books/the_complete_list.html
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