{"id":2446,"date":"2019-09-09T12:18:47","date_gmt":"2019-09-09T17:18:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/?page_id=2446"},"modified":"2022-04-22T11:44:02","modified_gmt":"2022-04-22T15:44:02","slug":"the-true-adventures-of-esther-the-wonder-pig","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/the-true-adventures-of-esther-the-wonder-pig\/","title":{"rendered":"Banned Books 2019 &#8211; The True Adventures of Esther the Wonder Pig"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"\">\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<div style=\"\">\n                                            \n\n<h2>Links<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"\"><a id=\"current\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/bannedbooks-2019\/author\/\">2019 Author<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/bannedbooks-2019\/title\/\">2019 Title<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/\">Banned Books Home<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><hr \/><\/p>\n<h2>Cover<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/estherthewonderpig.jpg\" alt=\"The True Adventures of Esther the Wonder Pig\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/estherthewonderpig.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/estherthewonderpig-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/09\/estherthewonderpig-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cabe.ent.sirsi.net\/client\/en_US\/cabell\/search\/results?qu=true+adventures+of+esther+the+wonder+pig&amp;te=&amp;rt=false%7C%7C%7CTITLE%7C%7C%7CTitle\">Held at Cabell County Public Library<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- *** ** END LEFT COLUMN ** ***-->\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\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>2019<\/h2>\n<p>Esther was an alleged mini-pig who eventually topped 650 pounds. Her &#8220;two dads&#8221; decided to move from their small apartment to a farm, now an animal rescue sanctuary. The picture book was originally rejected by a combined elementary school and public library in Oregon as &#8220;inappropriate.&#8221;  After school administrators reviewed the library&#8217;s collection development policy and a Request for Reconsideration form, the title was retained.<\/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>July 22, 2019<\/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":39,"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-2446","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2446","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\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2446"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2446\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9925,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2446\/revisions\/9925"}],"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=2446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}