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Banned Books Awareness: “The Martian Chronicles”

June 11, 2012 R. Wolf Baldassarro 0

The world of literature lost a legend this week when Ray Bradbury passed away. His visions of futuristic worlds set to a backdrop of present-day social commentary has inspired and enthralled readers for decades in classics such as The Illustrated Man, Something Wicked This Way Comes, and Fahrenheit 451. But […]

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Banned Books Awareness: “The Family Book”

June 4, 2012 R. Wolf Baldassarro 0

Todd Parr has written over 30 children’s books, and he is the winner of two National Parenting Publication Awards, as well as three Oppenheim Gold Awards; but his The Family Book (preschool-grade 2; 2004) has stirred up some controversy. In a whimsical, engaging way, the daily lives of all kinds of […]