Book of Jonah

reading to me. She used to read me books like Cat in the Hat, the Three Little Pigs, Humpty Dumpty and the Little Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly. These books were read to me before bedtime. I remember these books because my mother always had some type of action that goes along with that the characters where doing in the book. Oftentimes, she would follow the reading of the book up with a finger play of that book. When I wanted to read, my mother taught me how with the book series Dick and Jane.…

Should Scary Stories 3 be banned? The book that I read was "Scary Stories 3 More Tales To Chill Your Bones" by Alvin Schwartz. My book was about many different stories of gruels, creatures, and ghost. Many people think it should be banned, because its gruesome, the violence, and the profanity. I think it should be banned. Depending on your religion it could possibly offend you. My first reason the book is banned is the profanity. They do talk a little more advanced for this age…

kids at age 13? Maybe not, but that is for a parent to decide. That is, if a parent is actually monitoring what their child reads. Most parents are probably just happy to see their adolescent child reading. How a parent could not find one appropriate book for a 13 year old in Barnes and Noble is beyond me. Maybe she should have done a little research before heading off to the bookstore. She sounds like one of those parents in the 1950’s afraid to let their kids listen to that “subversive” band,…

Why are books banned? There are any reasons why books are banned. For instance there a lot of trouble on books for racial backgrounds and language. And one of these books are the freedom writer diary. This book should be banned for lower age groups in schools for bad language, gangs, and violence. There a lot of books that’s on the banned list this is just one of multiple books banned. One reason why the freedom writers diary should be banned in schools is that there a lot of bad language in…

vivid memory I have of reading is when I was in third grade, my teacher use to read books to us at the end of everyday. However, one day she took us to the library and told us to pick out a book to read on our own. The library was set up to where each grade level had their own books so kids were encouraged to pick books that weren't to difficult for them to read. I wanted to prove that i could read a higher level book because I have dyslexia and other kids thought it was funny when I would mess…

the book ‘’ that was then this is now’’ should be banned. One reason why it should be banned is it has some language in it that could be prevented. Another reason why the book should be banned is it has a lot of drug and alcohol use in it. Last reason why it should be banned is it sets a bad example for our generations after use. There are many reason why the book ‘’ that was then this is now’’ should be banned. One reason why is it uses some language that could be prevented. In the book it…

big check in the history of the united states, that showed there is no enough safety in school in united states, and how the book helped the people who survived or got affected from the school fire, to give them more hope to keep going in life and exchange their stores for the whole world, a lot of people were afraid of taking about this story, but two of writer of this book have been obsessed about what happened on that Monday, which I can call it the red Monday. ninety-two children and tree…

beliefs across to hundreds of thousands of people in Germany. According to Document D between 1518 and 1525 a third of all books were produced in Germany were by Luther himself. An example of what was published in a Lutheran Booklet are seen in woodcuts in Document E expressing the pope as the “money changer” Jesus chased out of the temple. With the popularity of such books, there was a backlash from the pope himself calling Luther a “wild boar”. Although Luther never intended in using the new…

Banning books is a highly debated controversy. One book that is often being discussed is “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer”. Parents and teachers alike are concerned that the extreme themes will rub off on their children and provide their children with bad role models. Though “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” has bad language and racism, it is rich in vocabulary and other literary devices and should be taught in middle schools and high schools. Even though it has extreme themes, this particular book…

Many popular books have been banned throughout time. The reasons vary but usually include the explicitness of the topics or language within the books. Controversy is all around us and books are not excluded from it. Many states, schools and communities rise up to get books banned. The intentions in doing this may come from a good place but is questionable whether it is truly necessary. Available research can demonstrate whether it is or not. Due to the lessons they teach, viewpoints they…