The Beautiful and the Banned: Children's Book Classics

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Censoring Charlotte’s Web
Get Caught in it Instead
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Encompassing Mary Poppins
The Censors Missed her Anti-Racist Message
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August 2024

Oldies but Goodies
Un-Banned Because Book-Banners Haven’t Heard of Them
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The Racist Anti-Racist
Who Could I Mean? Why, Ibram X. Kendi
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Louise Fitzhugh’s The Long Secret
Too Long a Secret
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July 2024

Can You Believe Peter Rabbit Was Banned?
Sad But True
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Hit Back, Hitty!
Since she’s too ladylike to hit, I’ll throw a few punches on her behalf!
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Beautiful and Banned: A Note . . .
On Why We Need Even More "Read Banned Books" Stickers
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June 2024

The Christian Harry Potter
Love, Friendship, Joy
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The Vernacular Child: Harriet the Spy and Otis Spofford
Via Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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The Anti-Racist Indian in the Cupboard
Unlocking the Real Story
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May 2024

Do Read Dr. Dolittle
Don't Be Pushmi-Pullyud into Thinking He's Racist
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