{"id":12768,"date":"2023-06-13T11:43:12","date_gmt":"2023-06-13T15:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/?page_id=12768"},"modified":"2023-06-13T11:47:30","modified_gmt":"2023-06-13T15:47:30","slug":"freddie-the-farting-snowman","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/freddie-the-farting-snowman\/","title":{"rendered":"Banned Books 2022 &#8211; Freddie the Farting Snowman"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div class=\"marsha-row mt-4 mb-4 flex flex-wrap -mx-2 lg:-mx-6  justify-start border-0 border-gray-100 first:mt-0\">\n\t\n<p><!-- *  START LEFT COLUMN  *--><div class=\"columns w-full lg:w-3\/12  lg:px-6    mt-6\">\n<div class=\"\">\n\n<h2>Links<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a id=\"current\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/bannedbooks-2022\/author\/\">2022 Author<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/bannedbooks-2022\/title\/\">2022 Title<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/\">Banned Books Home<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Cover<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3118\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/files\/2023\/06\/freddie-the-farting-snowman.jpg\" alt=\"freddie the farting snowman\" width=\"303\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!-- *** ** END LEFT COLUMN ** ***-->\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/p><p><!-- *** ** START RIGHT COLUMN ** **--><div class=\"columns w-full lg:w-9\/12  lg:px-6    mt-6\">\n<div class=\"\">\n\n<p><strong>Marshall University does not ban books!  The information is provided to let people know what has been banned\/challenged elsewhere.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>2022<\/h2>\n<p>Llano County (TX) Commissioners forced the library system to remove four books (<strong>I Need a New Butt<\/strong> by Dawn McMillan, <strong>Freddie the Farting Snowman<\/strong> by Jane Bexley, <strong>In The Night Kitchen<\/strong> by Maurice Sendak, and <strong>It\u2019s Perfectly Normal<\/strong> by Robie Harris) from circulation. After the commissioners handpicked members for a library advisory board, the library was closed for three days for \u201cinventory and proper cataloging of books.\u201d The library staff was directed to conduct a \u201cthorough review\u201d of every children\u2019s book in the library and assess their content. Additionally, the online service that provides access to magazines, electronic books, and audiobooks was suspended.<\/p>\n<h2>On These Pages<\/h2>\n<p>A <strong>Banned<\/strong> book has been removed from a library, classroom, etc.<br \/>\nA <strong>Challenged<\/strong> book has been requested to be removed from a library, classroom, etc.<\/p>\n<h2>For additional information contact<\/h2>\n<p>Ron Titus, <a href=\"mailto:titus@marshall.edu\">titus@marshall.edu<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"tel:304-696-6575\">304-696-6575<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Last updated<\/h2>\n<p>June 13, 2023<\/p>\n<p><!-- ** ** END RIGHT COLUMN *** *-->\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n<p><!-- *** * END FULL PAGE DIV * *** --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":784,"featured_media":0,"parent":2039,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-full-width.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12768","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/784"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12768"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12768\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12772,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12768\/revisions\/12772"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}