All of our royalties from the sale of the book go to NCAC, ... Every dollar helps them fight censorship and helps the teachers and students and librarians who are under fire. |
All of our royalties from the sale of the book go to NCAC. Every dollar helps them fight censorship and helps the teachers and students and librarians who are under fire. |
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret, |
Are you there God? It's me, Margaret. I just told my mother I want a bra. Please help me grow God. You know where. I want to be like everyone else. |
Don't buy anything controversial. We don't want any trouble in our community. |
Let children read whatever they want and then talk about it with them. If parents and kids can talk together, we won't have as much censorship because we won't have as much fear. |
My only advice is to stay aware, listen carefully and yell for help if you need it. |
No place has delicatessen like New York. |
One of my concerns is that writers will begin to feel the censor on their backs, and we won't get their very best. Instead their fear, or the fear imposed by the publisher, will limit them. 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. |
Then again, maybe I won't. |
Those who would challenge or ban a book have to find out about it first, |
You mean inside? Or outside? |
You'd think he was the first person to ever lose a tooth! |