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Letters to the editor.

Publication: The Horn Book Magazine
Publication Date: 01-MAY-05 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Letters to the editor.(Letter to the Editor)

Article Excerpt
January/February 2005 Horn Book

I fail to see why K T. Horning ("On Spies and Purple Socks and Such") saw the need to tie Harriet the Spy and the other titles she discusses to "gay themes." What purpose does this serve except to provide fodder for the p.c. police and book banners? Does this mean that Tacky the Penguin and Elmer the multicolored elephant are showing homosexual tendencies, too? And let's not forget that the Brothers Grimm, Tolkien, and C. S. Lewis also had some "different" characters that just didn't fit in with mainstream society ... oh my gosh, there must be...

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