While I was doing some research on the Grimm brothers, I came across some links that describe how several classic books are under attack because of their ‘dangerous’ content. The material is not dangerous– only what YOU do with it.

This link reminded me of my husband telling me several days ago about a caller for Dr. Laura (a radio host in the U.S.A.), who stated that The Giver by Lois Lowry (a Newbery Award winner) was a dangerous book for her child to read in school.
If that book were dangerous, would that make me a dangerous person after having read it?

Maybe then the censors would like to ban ME for reading books such as hers? Now we are getting really close to the dystopia of The Giver.

I once met the author of The Giver at a guest author’s talk at our school. She is a grandmother, has suffered the loss of a son serving in the military, and had lived overseas as a child. Her book is one of the best I’ve ever read in my life: click here

Caution! Some people consider these books dangerous!
http://www.highlands.edu/academics/library/banned/books.htm

This is a really good article by Pam Meister:
http://pajamasmedia.com/2008/01/this_little_piggy_was_banned_f.php