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Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Controversial Picture Book... You decide!

  Scholastic removes a controversial picture book from its lineup... Read all about it!

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          If we use this book as a conversation starter about injustice, inequality, history and the process and need for us to learn from our past, then this piece of literature has served an important role in the educational process.          However, if this book is read and no discussion occurs, no questions are answered, have we perpetuated the injustices of the past?

        

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