Posted on 12/08/2013 6:53:26 PM PST by SeekAndFind
I am sure there are a lot worse out there, but I guess they aren’t mainstream enough
Pullman is really despicable.
That is a good read.
Another good one is "Homer Price" by Robert McCloskey.
I was allowed to read whatever I wanted when I was young and I devoured everything I could get my hands on. I continue to read at least a couple hours daily to this day.
So many books out there. It doesn’t hurt if parents help children choose wisely. I think “censorship” is a strong word.
“Heather Has Two Mommies.”
Agree 100%.
It’s not censorship for parents to want to give guidance to their children.
The Xanth books by Piers Anthony are something to keep far far away from impressionable kids.
exactly.
Keeping harmful material away from kids is a great idea.
Your opinion is wrong.
Jeez.
Let your kids read anything. Be happy they are reading at all.
Kids don’t go bad because of something they read. Those that go bad are either genetically predisposed to go that way or have other external factors that make it happen.
Reading is good. Totally good.
I remember my mother beginning to read “the Velveteen Rabbit” to me, but she didn’t get very far because I grabbed the book from her and threw it across the room.
“Black Beauty” I also found traumatic.
I basically won’t read or watch any animal stories because the animal always dies.
I detested reading Catcher in the Rye in 8th grade. Very depressing theme.
You might not like “Where the Red Fern Grows” then
“Native Son” by Richard Wright. I read it in the 6th grade. I wish I hadn’t.
Of these five, Pullman is thoroughly evil. Definitely the worst of the bunch.
I hate to say it, but I got a kick out of reading the Lemony Snicket books. But the kids have to have a sense of humor and irony. They turn everything upside down, but do so in a way that I found awful yet comical. And good prevails in the end—finally.
lol
The next could be
Help Mom, bureaucrats shut down my lemonade stand
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