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cm0002@lemmy.world to Books@lemmy.world · 1 year ago

‘Magic Tree House’ Author, ‘Calvin and Hobbes’ among hundreds of Tennessee book bans

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‘Magic Tree House’ Author, ‘Calvin and Hobbes’ among hundreds of Tennessee book bans

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cm0002@lemmy.world to Books@lemmy.world · 1 year ago
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‘Magic Tree House’ Author, ‘Calvin and Hobbes’ among hundreds of Tennessee book bans - PEN America
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The removals in Tennessee are the result of a growing political movement to control information through book banning.
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    Calvin and Hobbes? Wow.

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      and Fahrenheit 451.

      Amazing, isn’t it?

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        Oh the one about banning books (among other things currently happening IRL)?

        (sorry I just had to state the obvious here)

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      Apparently not age appropriate. I wonder what specifically triggered the snowflakes?

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