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Florida Banned Green – Now I Want to Read Him

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An article in the LA Times “Book Jacket” – Florida School Nixes John Green’s ‘Paper Towns,’ Prompts Outcry–  reporting on the book banning of this young adult mystery in Orlando, Florida, had me searching for the book.  Although I have avoided John Green’s much touted The Fault in Our Stars – too sad – I have liked the author ever since I saw him interviewed on the Colbert Report.

I am number 10 on the wait list at my library – so someone must be reading this book.  Have you?

9780142414934_p0_v5_s260x420Paper Towns by John Green

Library Summary:
One month before graduating from his Central Florida high school, Quentin “Q” Jacobsen basks in the predictable boringness of his life until the beautiful and exciting Margo Roth Spiegelman, Q’s neighbor and classmate, takes him on a midnight adventure and then mysteriously disappears.

Awards:   A Junior Library Guild selection, Winner of the Edgar Award for Best Young Adult Mystery, New York Times bestseller

10 Reasons I Liked Maurice Sendak

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10 Reasons I liked Maurice Sendak:

  1. He was gruff and tough and reminded me of my short grandfather.
  2. He wrote honestly and never talked down to children.
  3. He was a natural talent, never taking a class in how to write or how to draw.
  4. He grew up in Brooklyn and lived in Connecticut.
  5. He stayed with his partner for 50 years.
  6. He loved dogs.
  7. He laughed when the librarians drew a diaper on his drawing of a naked baby.
  8. He scowled when they tried to ban his books.
  9. He reinvented himself in old age, designing scenery for operas.
  10. He inspired children; he inspired me.

1928-2012

I was hoping to see him return to the Colbert Report, but his endorsement (The sad thing is, I like it) of Colbert’s “I Am A Pole” book on his first visit will always be one of my favorite shows.

Luckily, he left behind lots of books with his signature style.

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