For the third time in recent weeks the Banned Books Awareness series once again focuses on some rather disturbing trends from Canada. Incidents of censorship by the border patrol, negative reactions to fiction based on historical documents, and now it seems Dr. Seuss has been branded too political for the classroom.

Yertle the Turtle (1958) is one of six- yes, six- beloved Dr. Seuss titles that have repeatedly faced the ire of censors for various reasons; now a teacher at an elementary school in northern British Columbia has been told that a quote from the classic work has been deemed “too political” and the quote is no longer allowed to be displayed, or worn on clothing.

Read on and Share the Knowledge:
http://bbark.deepforestproductions.com/column/2012/04/30/banned-books-awareness-yertle-the-turtle/