![]() Seuss' book "The Lorax" came under fire in 1988 for its depiction of the logging industry as destroying the environment. "Green Eggs and Ham" was banned in Maoist China from 1965 until Seuss' death in 1991 for its "portrayal of early Marxism." Seuss books have faced bans over the years, normally because of the political messages Seuss would weave into his stories. The library also wrote that the book is "well-loved" and that it "appeared on many 'Best of' children's book lists" since its publication in 1963. ![]() "The children are actually told not to hop on pop," the committee said. The lesson at the end is that children shouldn't hop on their parents, a detail cited by the library's Materials Review Committee as a reason for keeping the book. STOP You must not hop on Pop," Seuss wrote. In "Hop on Pop," two children hop on their father, much to his dismay. It also said the library should pay for damages resulting from the book. The complainant asked that the library remove the book and issue an apology to fathers in the greater Toronto area - presumably because they were put at a greater risk of being hopped on. ![]() ![]() ![]() Seuss' famous rhyming book "Hop on Pop" was one of seven publications that residents asked the Toronto Public Library to remove this year.Ī patron requested that the children's classic be banned, saying it "encourages children to use violence against their fathers." ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() Underlying it all is a quest for redemption in the afterlife, only to be obtained by an absolution of a priest.ĭespite being written in an abbey the church people don’t have a glamorous role in this book, more corrupt and haggling than pious.įor a ghost story the book nowhere feels scary, and its stretching the factual content thinly when trying to make it into a standalone slight book. Snowball the Tailor and Borin his horse travel and then a broken raven falls from the sky, lights up green and transforms in a kind of zombie dog, and later on into the titular king. Rowling, while I also thought of the fairytale of the three dogs encountered by the soldier from Andersen ( The Tinderbox). ![]() The actual story itself gives vibes of A Christmas Carol, with three ghosts mentioned, The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Pages of the original can be viewed on the website of the British Library. The story of the original latin 14th century manuscript containing a dozen medieval ghost tales, and how this was later found in the British Library by an actual ghost story author, is just brilliant. A truly fascinating backstory makes the rendition of Jones in this slim book feel kind of underwhelming. ![]() ![]() ![]() Seventeen-year-old Cassie is a natural at reading people. ![]() ![]() Don’t miss this exhilarating crime thriller-perfect for fans of Criminal Minds and A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder -from Jennifer Lynn Barnes, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Inheritance Games. To learn more about how and for what purposes Amazon uses personal information (such as Amazon Store order history), please visit our Privacy Notice.Ĭold cases are about to get hot. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie Preferences, as described in the Cookie Notice. ![]() Click ‘Customise Cookies’ to decline these cookies, make more detailed choices, or learn more. 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We use cookies and similar tools that are necessary to enable you to make purchases, to enhance your shopping experiences and to provide our services, as detailed in our Cookie Notice. ![]() ![]() ![]() Without the religious view holding their family back, perhaps there might have been room for Jeanette to believe something similar but different from her mother, and then perhaps they could have enjoyed conversations about each other's points of view. She has to wrestle with her mother's failure to appreciate her, alongside confusing, often shameful experiences of what should be very natural. ![]() But Winterson knows from personal experience that such beliefs are outlandish and wrong, but her mother is not lesbian, so there is very little young Jeanette can do to persuade her mother to love her for who she is. Her mother says that homosexuality is evil, and that gay people are sinners who will go to hell if they neglect to repent of it. ![]() This pits Jeanette against her own self, however, and it inverts the power structure in her home, because Jeanette knows from her experience of sexuality that her mother is wrong. Perhaps, the title is designed to suggest that her mother viewed truth with a closed-minded way, setting up her own beliefs as the only valid version of belief. Oranges Are Not the Only Fruitimplies that the belief pattern she is opposing is one where one truth automatically discredits another one. This memoir takes a response to fallacy as its title. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. ![]() ![]() ![]() Migrants rush into the US before expiration of Title 42 | May 12Ĭongress has failed to reform our immigration laws. I hope it won’t take someone getting killed. 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The original Grimm tales were bloodier affairs, the ‘ happily ever afters‘ we are all so used to did not feature heavily. Not ‘folk-law’ of the fairy-tale variety, but more of the darker roots that lay behind even the most sanitised modern versions of fairy tales, closer to the original brothers Grimm tales they collected from the backwoods of Germany in the. If ‘The Doom that came to Sarnath’ is Lovecraft doing myth, ‘the Cats of Ulthar’ is Lovecraft doing folk-law. Lovecraft was a lover of cats, and of all his stories, ‘The Cats of Ulthar’ was among his favourites. No one ever trained a cat to hunt along side them, or to guard their homes, and the chances of the cat fetching your newspaper is minimal. Unlike their canine equivalents, cats are more house guests than pets. Humanity has always had an odd cultural relationship with the feline. Bast, the Egyptian cat goddess may be the most well-known, but she is far from alone. Cats walk between worlds, the real and the mystical, the mortal and the spiritual, the land of the living and the land of the dead… Least ways this is a recurring theme through fiction and the mythologies of the ancient world. ![]() ![]() Nina is trying to avoid the palace-and Prince Jefferson-at all costs. Samantha is busy living up to her "party princess" persona.and maybe adding a party prince by her side. ![]() As America adjusts to the idea of a queen on the throne, Beatrice grapples with everything she lost when she gained the ultimate crown. Ahem, we're looking at you Daphne Deighton. Some, like Nina Gonzalez, are pulled into it. ![]() Like first love, it can leave you breathless. ![]() Perfect for fans of Red, White, and Royal Blue and The Royal We. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING SERIES * Is America ready for its first queen? If you can't get enough of Harry and Meghan and Will and Kate, you'll love this sequel to the New York Times bestseller that imagines America's own royal family-and all the drama and heartbreak that entails. ![]() ![]() ![]() Living with his best friend should have been easy. As the line between friendship and flirtation begins to blur, Hannah can't deny she loves everything about Fox, but she refuses to be another notch on his bedpost. yet the more time she spends with Fox, the more she wants him instead. Armed with a few tips from Westport's resident Casanova, Hannah sets out to catch her coworker's eye. In fact, she's nursing a hopeless crush on a colleague and Fox is just the person to help with her lackluster love life. She knows he's a notorious ladies' man, but they're definitely just friends. Now, Hannah's in town for work, crashing in Fox's spare bedroom. But he likes her too much to risk a fling, so platonic pals it is. personality? And wants to be friends? Bizarre. ![]() She's immune to his charm and looks, but she seems to enjoy his. Everyone knows he's a guaranteed good time-in bed and out-and that's exactly how he prefers it. ![]() King crab fisherman Fox Thornton has a reputation as a sexy, carefree flirt. In the follow-up to It Happened One Summer, Tessa Bailey delivers another deliciously fun rom-com about a former player who accidentally falls for his best friend while trying to help her land a different man. AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES AND #1 USA TODAY BESTSELLER ![]() ![]() ![]() TAH-DAH! This is such a good book, you guys. ![]() ![]() one hard-earned epiphany when Teo finally (FINALLY!) realizes that what he's wanted is right in front of him (and it's not Chris also, I hated Chris, that manipulative bastard) ![]() lots of cute and sweet moments that will make you fall in love with the MCs (Jack and Teo's first time together is so romantic, even if they are perfect strangers at the time) age gap (Teo is ten years younger than Jack)īAKE at temperature of your choice (this book is BROIL-ON-HIGH HOT tho) LOTS OF SEXY TIMES (eager virgin alert!) skydiving (followed by an angry Jack who would never jump out of a "perfectly good plane") misdirected love (Teo is convinced he's in love with Chris, his best friend since elementary school, but loving Chris has become a habit what Teo feels for Jack is real) serious lack of communication (why, oh, why couldn't Jack and Teo have an actual conversation about their future instead of relying on assumptions?) an awkward encounter with an ex-boyfriend well-meaning family (especially Jack's slightly nosy but truly supportive sister) One sexy-as-sin pilot (Jack) who relies on hookups because he doesn't think he's relationship material (and because he still feels guilty about walking away from his ex, who was a good guy) One virginal nurse (Teo) who's in love with his "straight" best friend and scared of flying ![]() ![]() ![]() If you prefer there be no religion in your fiction, this is not the book for you. ![]() The more I hated her, though, the more I grew to love their father. At first, I loved her honesty and her individuality, but I eventually grew to hate her. I loved both Frank and Jake as well as most of the people closest to them. For me that set a wonderful tone for the rest of Ordinary Grace which follows Frank and his brother Jake through a summer in New Bremen, Minnesota in 1961. ![]() This immediately called forth Stephen King's The Body (the story on which Stand by Me was based). In the opening of Ordinary Grace, it was revealed that a young boy had been killed on the railroad tracks outside of town. I'm happy to say Ordinary Grace delivered much of what I was hoping for. Coming of age stories are my absolute favorite, and the vision of growing up in the early 60s with baseball and root beer and family secrets made me really want to read Ordinary Grace. I wanted to read Ordinary Grace for the atmosphere promised by the book description. ![]() |