Books are unsettling, which is why they are often banned. But we need to be unsettled to get a handle on the chaos that confronts us.
Tag Archives: Judy Blume
Thoughts on Book Bans
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Fighting Back against Book Censors
Judy Blume weighs in on book bans while a Washington Post pundit shows how we can find ways to resist.
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Parents, Kids, Schools & Banned Books
Parents pressure schools to ban books because they want to protect their children. Their children want the books because they have a different set of needs.
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What Personal Reading Histories Tell Us
I can’t recommend enough the value of writing your reading history. It will reveal to you sides of yourself you didn’t know you had.
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