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I feel the Newberry committee deserves to be scolded on their choice of ?The tale of Despereaux, by Kate DiCamillo, a Newberry medal winner; a child is abused and abandoned is not interesting enough the author felt the child should be slow-witted, fat and lazy as well. How dare the author make light of a child who is gratuitously scolded, beaten and abandoned. It added nothing to the story other than showing she had a ?ridiculous wish? this author should be ashamed of herself.
A child who has faced abandonment, abuse and injury deserves to have a wish and not thought of as ?ridiculous.?
I feel this author is un-kind and insulting to the 600,000 at-risk children in this country who dream of a day of safety. Are their dreams of a home and family ?ridiculous??
Those bitten by abandonment, afflicted with abuse and inoculated into a crumbling foster care system are every bid entitled to have their wishes validated.
Children who are abused, abandoned, un-wanted, un-loved are suffering a disease. This disease is sometimes more debilitating and often just as deadly as many medical condition. For many of them it is a chronic illness from which they will never recover.
I am insulted that as a society we have accepted literature such as this to be read to our children.
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rfgraham, August 5, 2006
I feel the Newberry committee deserves to be scolded on their choice of ?The tale of Despereaux, by Kate DiCamillo, a Newberry medal winner; a child is abused and abandoned is not interesting enough the author felt the child should be slow-witted, fat and lazy as well. How dare the author make light of a child who is gratuitously scolded, beaten and abandoned. It added nothing to the story other than showing she had a ?ridiculous wish? this author should be ashamed of herself.A child who has faced abandonment, abuse and injury deserves to have a wish and not thought of as ?ridiculous.?
I feel this author is un-kind and insulting to the 600,000 at-risk children in this country who dream of a day of safety. Are their dreams of a home and family ?ridiculous??
Those bitten by abandonment, afflicted with abuse and inoculated into a crumbling foster care system are every bid entitled to have their wishes validated.
Children who are abused, abandoned, un-wanted, un-loved are suffering a disease. This disease is sometimes more debilitating and often just as deadly as many medical condition. For many of them it is a chronic illness from which they will never recover.
I am insulted that as a society we have accepted literature such as this to be read to our children.
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