how many have you read?

yesterday was day 1 of Banned Books Week. a few of the challenged & banned books on forbidden library's site:

> 1984 (george orwell)- "pro-communist"

> anne frank: the diary of a young girl (anne frank) - "sexually offensive" and a "real downer"

> brave new work (aldous huxley) - "centered around negative activity"

> charlie and the chocolate factory (roald dahl) - espoused a poor philosphy of life

> a light in the attic (shel silverstein) - "encourages children to break dishes so they won't have to dry them"

> the lorax (dr. seuss) - "criminalizes the foresting industry"

> the rolling stone illustrated history of rock and roll (jim miller) - "will cause our children to become immoral and indecent"


we may celebrate with some shel silverstein poems later this week. :)