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Disgusted at book attitude
9:42am Thursday 30th October 2008
I WAS horrified to read about Harry Potter books being destroyed by a charity shop worker.
This has sad overtones of the Nazis and ‘Crystal Night’. Do these people – who say they are Christians – not introduce their children to such classics as Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Snow Queen, Wizard of Oz, Water Babies, to name just a few.
Children’s stories have always been about fairies, witches, wizards, elves, etc. That’s the wonder of childhood.
Harry Potter is just the latest in this genre. If a religious faith is so fragile that they cannot let children read books that stir their imaginations, then perhaps they need to look closer at their own beliefs.
June Tatch, Nightingale Close, Highams Park
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