Be aware of these books

愛讀書，好不好？當然好！不過嗎，還得看愛讀什麽書。我上學的時候就愛讀書，尤其愛讀武俠小說，什麽金庸，古龍，粱羽生，不但上課讀，晚上讀，甚至放假不回家在宿舍讀，所以才有今天的“成就”，寫篇博文都費盡腦汁，提不上檔次。

閑話少說，說點正經的。加州這兩天不是在鬧同性戀嗎？有人說，鬧就鬧唄，那是人家的權利，再說和咱有什麽關係。我要說，抱這種態度的筒子們實在是太天真了，同性戀們的誌向難道僅僅是要求關係的法律化？看看同性戀組織為什麽竭力支持這本書就知道了：And Tango makes three。

And Tango makes three號稱是適合4－８歲孩子，而且從封麵上看不出來任何異樣，好象是一本不錯的書嗎，顏色鮮豔，插圖豐富。可它說的是什麽呢：兩隻男企鵝養了一隻小企鵝。

“Two penguins in the penguin house were a little bit different. One was name Roy and the other was named Silo. Roy and Silo were both boys. But they did everything together…They didn’t spend much time with the girl penguins and the girl penguins didn’t spend much time with them. Instead, Roy and Silo wound their necks around each other. Their keeper, Mr. Gramzay noticed the two penguins and thought to himself “They must be in love.”

有人說，反正同性戀也是一種社會現象，孩子遲早是要接觸的，所以沒什麽大驚小怪的。我要說，你的孩子接觸你的，But leave my 4-year-old alone！

再說前兩天從圖書館借回來一批書，給孩子一讀驚訝地發現其中有這麽一本，說的是一幫７，８歲的男孩子怎麽捉弄學校的女老師。不由得想起了前一向那個新聞，不是有幾個孩子合謀要殺自己的老師嗎？不知道他們是不是從這本書中得到過什麽啟示。

父母阿，越來越難當啦！

美國圖書館協會10 Most Challenged Books of 2007

1. “And Tango Makes Three,” by Justin Richardson/Peter Parnell

Reasons: Anti-Ethnic, Sexism, Homosexuality, Anti-Family, Religious Viewpoint, Unsuited to Age Group

2. “The Chocolate War,” by Robert Cormier

Reasons: Sexually Explicit, Offensive Language, Violence

3. “Olive’s Ocean,” by Kevin Henkes

Reasons: Sexually Explicit, Offensive Language

4. “The Golden Compass,” by Philip Pullman

Reasons: Religious Viewpoint

5. “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” by Mark Twain

Reasons: Racism

6. “The Color Purple,” by Alice Walker

Reasons: Homosexuality, Sexually Explicit, Offensive Language,

7. “TTYL,” by Lauren Myracle

Reasons: Sexually Explicit, Offensive Language, Unsuited to Age Group

8. “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” by Maya Angelou

Reasons: Sexually Explicit

9. “It’s Perfectly Normal,” by Robie Harris

Reasons: Sex Education, Sexually Explicit

10. “The Perks of Being A Wallflower,” by Stephen Chbosky

Reasons: Homosexuality, Sexually Explicit, Offensive Language, Unsuited to Age Group

Off the list this year, are two books by author Toni Morrison. "The Bluest Eye" and "Beloved," both challenged for sexual content and offensive language.

For more information on book challenges and censorship, please visit the ALA Office of Intellectual Freedom’s Banned Books Web site at www.ala.org/bbooks.

The Office for Intellectual Freedom is charged with implementing ALA policies concerning the concept of intellectual freedom as embodied in the Library Bill of Rights, the Association’s basic policy on free access to libraries and library materials. The goal of the office is to educate librarians and the general public about the nature and importance of intellectual freedom in libraries.