This week is banned books week. I'm always surprised at the most challenged books list from the previous year, and in 2016
Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell and
Looking for Alaska by John Green are on the list. I've read both, and I love them!
I don't blog about politics, mainly because I am sick and tired of
everything being politicized. I think it's nothing but evil trying to divide us. Trust me, you can find common ground with anyone if you try.
However, I felt compelled to share the following story with you, my dear readers, because it is important.
Our First Lady recently donated several Dr. Seuss books to an elementary school in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The crazy ass librarian SENT THEM BACK stating that, and I quote:
Seuss’s illustrations are “steeped in racist propaganda, caricatures, and harmful stereotypes,” librarian Liz Phipps Soeiro wrote in a letter to Trump on Tuesday.
You read that right! Dr. Seuss is racist propaganda, and the children in "her library" shouldn't read such "harmful" books. What bothers me most is this librarian made it about her and not the children. Liz Phipps Soeiro should not be working with children. Ever!
.....and all this happening during Banned Books Week....
My question is: Where does the American Library Association stand? What about the Freedom to Read Foundation?
Here is a
link to the story. I hope you read it, because honestly this scares me to the core. And it should you, too.
Parents and grandparents: Know what's going on in your children's schools. Stay involved and hold adults accountable for their actions!
Not a lot makes me mad, but I am fighting mad over this one!!!
I hope you enjoy your weekend, and I hope you take the time to read a banned book!
Until next time...
Read banned books!
Ricki Jill
