American - Author | February 12, 1938 -
The list of gifted teachers and librarians who find their jobs in jeopardy for defending their students' right to read, to imagine, to question, grows every year.
Judy Blume
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Madeleine L'Engle's 'A Wrinkle in Time' has been targeted by censors for promoting New Ageism, and Mark Twain's 'Adventures of Huckleberry Finn' for promoting racism. Gee, where does that leave the kids?
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If those of us who care about making our own decisions about what to read and what to think don't take a stand, others will decide for us.
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I've never been one to let others decide what's right for me or my children.
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I have the most loyal readers in the world.
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It's good to have fantasies and creative fantasies, especially.
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When I lock myself up to write, I cannot allow myself to think about the censor or the reviewer or anyone but my characters and their story!
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When I was young, my parents had a library in our living room. I was always free to browse and read.
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I'm an Obama chick.
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When I was first writing, my little prayers were, 'Please, please, please. Let something be published someday.' Then it went to, 'Please, please, please. Let somebody read this.'
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I wish I'd gone to a small liberal-arts college where I'd have read the great books instead of a large university where I majored in early-childhood education.
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I am not sure that the inner world of teenage girls has changed. What's most important to kids today is still the same stuff.
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