Book Burning 2008

Tweens? Frenemy? O'Reilly for kids? Nip/tucking in kinder garden?

Twilight Zone moment, gosh.

And the penguins are the crazy ones...

I can't believe this book my Beautiful Mommy is even a possibility. When I was a kid I always had friends ask me if my mom had gotten things done, especially to her upper body but never thought anything of it. That was until I was told what happend. I think it's disgusting that this is widey becoming accepted as the norm by a huge majority of the population, and yet an innocent book about gay pequins who raise an egg is shuddered at.

Bill O'Reilly is a pompous man and we know it. He is extremely full of himself and has too much power for his own good. Like a greedy king. Therefore I try to ignore him as I do with Bush and Paula Abdul. The world needs to change and I think it can, It's just gonna take a while.

http://www.youtube.com/sinfulhex

Unless this chick lit was written a while ago, I believe Disney's animated cartoon Recess has already filled the role of a four gossipy Ashleys group

 Scandalous.

As a librarian, I hate to see any book banned. I wonder if they will write a sequel since the penguins split up (http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/24/nyregion/24penguins.html). It'd be a good read for kids of gay parents who are seperating.

As to the Ashley books, anything that is going to spark a kid's interest in reading is okay in my book. The Gossip Girl books are pretty horrible in themselves as I read the last one to find out what all the fuss was about. The television show is a higer quality, and the characters seem to have emotional range. Their print alter egos are pretty two dimensional.

The Ashleys is such a rip off of Recess.

I can't believe they are making such a big deal about the penguin book. I saw the book a while ago and figured it was a hetero book about mommies daddies and babies. So I didn't even look through it. I think that is what threatens people. That the book seems so "normal." Cause God forbid the gays look like normal people. Maybe if the book had rainbows and flamboyant gay penguins drinking cocktails everyone would feel more comfortable. 

I am my very own shade of grey.

The Ashleys is such a rip off of Recess.

I can't believe they are making such a big deal about the penguin book. I saw the book a while ago and figured it was a hetero book about mommies daddies and babies. So I didn't even look through it. I think that is what threatens people. That the book seems so "normal." Cause God forbid the gays look like normal people. Maybe if the book had rainbows and flamboyant gay penguins drinking cocktails everyone would feel more comfortable. 

I am my very own shade of grey.

And I remember this story of the two, caring for the rock, I thought it was sweet. The book looks cute, too, with great art work. Wonder if it's available in the UK!

Gay penguins aren't exactly rare. Many other animals are gay, too, cats and dogs included.

One thing though, can someone explain where the question is in this sentence from the blog post...

When her family comes into some money and states, she decides to use her newfound power for good? Not quite.

That's definitely not a question... What can I say, bad grammar and spelling really annoy me. The fact computers come with spelling and grammar checkers makes it all the more annoying... Personally, I think that it's unprofessional, and detracts from what is an otherwise great site.

It’s a disgusting world out there, when books about general bitchiness of teenagers and the importance if materialistic advantages is favored over books that are simply about love and acceptance.

I would gladly read the book "And Tango Makes 3" for my baby sisters who are 2 and 7, I know they will enjoy such a book especially that they had a couple of gay bunnies in the past which they adored :P.

wow, i'v never heard of the book 'Tango makes Three'. now i have to go find out and get that for my kids.

so what are people gonna tell their kids when they see 2 same sex animal caring for an offspring in the zoo or in the animal's natural environment?, lie to them and said one of them is the mommy and one of them is the daddy just to 'hide' the facts of life?

geez, when are we going so far as to shield children from something that doesn't even hurt them, those kids are gonna be the ones feeling 'stupid' when they finally had to face the facts: yes there are different ways one organism cares for another organism, not just in the case of people but also in the nature of all animals.

1: I have never like the term 'lifestyle' used in this context.  Hippies have a lifestyle, religions have a lifestyle, gays have a sexuality.  Difference.  If you are a hippy and gay they don't cancel each other out as I am assuming two lifestyles would, so gays, since they are clearly not a lifestlyle compared to a hippy's, is not a lifestyle.

2: If you don't give someone the choice about what they can and cannot read then I think that this degrades the idea of freedom of choice and freedom of speach, as well as the individual's integrity and capability as someone with their own likes, dislikes, opinions and rationality.  This should be said for both types of book mentioned in the above article. 

If a young reader can easily get hold of Hitler's memoirs, and easily gain some opinions from that about lifestyle, then why can't they get a hold of penguins in love.  (Not sure that argumnet makes sense.)

3: If you don't like the book then don't read the book.  Which should be said for any book.

I would be grateful to anyone who has the time to share their opinions about these pionts.