Banned Books Week - September 28

September 24-October 1 is Banned Books Week. The 100 most frequently banned books according to the American Library Association. Each day, choose one of the books from that list that you've read and write a blurb on your thoughts, why you liked it or disliked it. Warning, there will be spoilers for any given book.

And the selection for today is A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein. The book is nothing more than a collection of poems written by the author. Some poems could be outright silly, like my favorite "The Mehoo with an Exactlywatt". And others, like "The Little Boy and the Old Man" are sweet and have a deeper meaning to them. But I guess we can't have kids reading poems that tell them to drop dishes on the floor so that they don't have to wash them, or to send away for brand new parents, or tell stories about little girls who actually die because they don't get ponies and then hint to kids to tell their folks that story if their parents won't by them something they won't.

And in other news, found that my library has a copy of Son of a Witch now on the shelves.

You'd better believe I grabbed that puppy.

Banned Books Week - September 28

September 24-October 1 is Banned Books Week. The 100 most frequently banned books according to the American Library Association. Each day, choose one of the books from that list that you've read and write a blurb on your thoughts, why you liked it or disliked it. Warning, there will be spoilers for any given book.

And the selection for today is A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein. The book is nothing more than a collection of poems written by the author. Some poems could be outright silly, like my favorite "The Mehoo with an Exactlywatt". And others, like "The Little Boy and the Old Man" are sweet and have a deeper meaning to them. But I guess we can't have kids reading poems that tell them to drop dishes on the floor so that they don't have to wash them, or to send away for brand new parents, or tell stories about little girls who actually die because they don't get ponies and then hint to kids to tell their folks that story if their parents won't by them something they won't.

And in other news, found that my library has a copy of Son of a Witch now on the shelves.

You'd better believe I grabbed that puppy.