Comments on: Banned Children’s Books We Love

By: Liz

Liz — Mon, 22 Jun 2015 02:06:43 +0000

I LOVE and own all of the books on this list. I may not be able to read them to my students at school but I will surely read them to my own children at home. Tango Makes Three and the Family Book are two of my kids’ favorites.

By: Allison McDonald

Allison McDonald — Wed, 14 May 2014 07:17:01 +0000

In reply to Kathy. I don't think there is a debate about homeschooling here. I think that Kay's comment is about wishing to only teach one view as being acceptable and that can happen in any sort of schooling. I think sheltered can mean many things.

By: Kathy

Kathy — Wed, 14 May 2014 03:46:23 +0000

In reply to Kay. Really? When was the last time you heard about a homeschooled bully, shooter, or loner. Because in this modern world, the only examples of sheltered children are those that are educated at home. If you wanted to look it up, there are more and more studies popping up comparing children educated at home to those exposed to public schools. In fact I don't remember ever hearing of anyone shooting anyone because their parents didn't expose them to homosexual books in the second grade. I could be wrong. I have been wrong before. I doubt it though.

By: Mrs. Nellie Schoorens

Mrs. Nellie Schoorens — Tue, 28 Jan 2014 16:58:28 +0000

i love the story about the Nyc zoo! amazing(:

By: Kay

Kay — Thu, 12 Sep 2013 06:42:23 +0000

I feel like society today is becoming more and more intollerant and banning these books that teach tolerance to our youth is probably the reason why. We have young adults who don’t learn about tolerance, diversity, and how to treat others that are different from them kindly, because they don’t learn it from their parents and they aren’t able to learn it through reading and books. I am not saying that the parents are teaching the kids to be intolerant or bully others but the parents are so afraid to let the kids read these books and learn things on their own that they forget that they themselves will not come across some of these issues in real life to teach the kids how to deal with them. The kids grow up not knowing any better. They were raised in this bubble where all they learned was what was OK’d by the parents and the parents point of views, breeding a generation of bullies, shooters, loners, and whatever other name the media gives them.