Banned Books

Clare Booth Luce once said, "Censorship, like charity, should begin at home; but unlike charity, it should end there." I believe she is right. Although some books are not appropriate for certain ages to read, they should never be banned. The choices of books for children to read should be left up to the digression of the parents of that child. There are books that were on the Huffington Post 11 Most Surprising Banned Books that I thoroughly enjoyed reading as a child. Brown Bear Brown Bear What Do You See? is the most innocent book out there; what's next Goodnight Moon? If schools are banning books that in a way helped shaped American literature, how are the students going to understand the importance of modern literature. If a book is not appropriate for a student it should be left up to the parents to decide that.

"The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame." - Oscar Wilde