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The Complete Maus
The Complete Maus | Art Spiegelman
Combined here are Maus I: A Survivor's Tale and Maus II - the complete story of Vladek Spiegelman and his wife, living and surviving in Hitler's Europe. By addressing the Holocaust through cartoons the author captures the everyday reality of fear and the sensation of survival.
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thewallflower0707
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I have read a lot of stories about the Holocaust, both Fiction and lots of Non-Fiction. #Maus offers a completely new perspective, both from the survivors themselves and the next generation. It depicts trauma in a very harrowing way. A must-read, for older teens as well.

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PaperbackPirate
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This is the final scrapbook page I recently completed for my October 2022 scrapbook. It has my reading wrap up for the month. The spiderweb, raven, and words on orange paper are stamped.
My roll of crime scene tape was a great investment. It gets used for lots of things. 😁
Also I highly recommend Maus! 🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀
#LitsyCrafters
@Catsandbooks

wanderinglynn That‘s awesome! 🤩 4mo
Ladygodiva7 Love it!! I dabbled in scrapbooking once upon a time long long ago lol 4mo
dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 4mo
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Catsandbooks That washi tape is awesome! 💛 4mo
PaperbackPirate Thank you @wanderinglynn ! 🥰 4mo
PaperbackPirate Thank you @Ladygodiva7 ! Do you still hear the siren‘s call? 😂 4mo
PaperbackPirate Thank you @dabbe ! 💙 4mo
Read4life Looks fantastic! 🤓 4mo
Booksblanketsandahotbeverage This is such a great idea! I‘m stealing it for 2024 :) 4mo
PaperbackPirate Thank you @Booksblanketsandahotbeverage ! Can‘t wait to see yours! ✂️ 4mo
Kenyazero I love the way this turned out! 4mo
PaperbackPirate Thank you @Kenyazero ! 😊 4mo
PaperbackPirate I got it from Hot Topic or some other non scrappy place like that @Catsandbooks 🖤💛 4mo
PaperbackPirate Thank you @Read4life ! ☺️ 4mo
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Ellen_C
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It makes me sick that this important, brilliant graphic novel/history has been censored. Art Spiegelman writes/draws about his father‘s Holocaust experiences and about the complicated relationship between father and son. https://cannonballread.com/2023/07/maus-a-survivors-tale-vol-i-my-father-bleeds-...

sarahbarnes Agreed. Brilliant books. 8mo
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MicrobeMom
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We read banned books on the beach. #bannedbooks #raisingreaders Happy 4th to everyone one in the the US!

Bookzombie Great pic! 9mo
Kappadeemom What beach is this?? Doesn‘t look like our crowded beach…lol 9mo
dabbe It's the #bbb! (banned beach book!) LOVE Maus, too. 💙❤️💙 9mo
Leftcoastzen Great photo! Banned books everywhere! 9mo
MicrobeMom @Kappadeemom this is Long Beach Island NJ. I was more crowded than the pic suggests, but not bad at all. Especially for the 4th! 9mo
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claripetrone
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Es realmente chocante escuchar la historia de un judío que realmente estuvo en los momentos del Holocausto. Lo que más llama la atención es que el autor lo haya podido contar en forma de historieta y con animales en vez de personas. Una pensaría que eso hace más amena la lectura, pero es al revés. La cantidad de emociones que me transmitió este libro fueron increíbles. Uno se pone realmente triste al ver a estos “ratones” enamorados, o sufriendo

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IndianBookworm
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Just focus on the above horizontal image. It reads:
'All 12 of our household were given now to live in two and a half small rooms.'
Behind it on the board:
'REWARD - For every unregistered Jew you find : 1 kilo of sugar'.
That was a single life's worth then. History has been through a lot of dark times and this surely has been one of the darkest.

Parvez I think it's time that I should re-read it. 11mo
IndianBookworm @Parvez there's never a bad time to re-read a good book.😊 11mo
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IndianBookworm
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I started this book yesterday before going to bed and literally had to force myself to sleep somewhere like 60% in. Otherwise I'd have had completed it then only. It had been in my TBR since so long.
PS - Quite ironic, came through this quote today. Beautiful analogy 😍
Gotta finish 'Maus I'.

TheBookgeekFrau Love this quote! 11mo
IndianBookworm Me too! Never thought of TBR list/pile this way! 11mo
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Soubhiville
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I think this is the only graphic memoir about WWII and specifically Auschwitz that I‘ve read. It‘s very good, but of course difficult subject matter. I‘ve wanted to read it for a very long time, and even more so because it‘s a banned book. Which is ridiculous. It‘s so important that people are exposed to this part of history.

I liked that the author was interviewing his dad to get his survival story, it gave context and a view of post-war life.

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Deblovestoread
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March Wrap up. 18 books 4 bingos

#SeriesLove23
Jane & the Ghost of Netley and His Lordship‘s Legacy 4🌟each
Before the Coffee Gets Cold 4🌟
Murder in Morningside Heights and on St Nicholas Avenue 4🌟 each
The Miracle at Speedy Motors 3.5🌟

#AAM
Tortilla Flat 2.75🌟
In Dubious Battle 3🌟

Women‘s Prize
Stone Blind 4.5🌟
Homesick 3🌟
Wandering Souls 4🌟
Memphis 4🌟

AuldLangSpine
Maus 5🌟
Count the Ways 4.5 🌟

bthegood looks like a good reading month 👍 12mo
Soubhiville That‘s great! 12mo
TheSpineView Fantastic! 12mo
Andrew65 That‘s excellent, well done 👏👏👏🎉🥳🍾🥂 12mo
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Mbell25
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While the Nazis are the main antagonist in Art Spiegelman's Maus, its arguable that the other antagonist is the holocaust survivor's mental health. Afterwards he struggles to live a happy meaningful life do to all the ways he was scared from his experiences in concentration camp.

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Bookwomble
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Spiegelman starts by showing what a difficult man his dad was to live with, then unfolds the trauma he experienced of surviving the Holocaust, which doesn't excuse all of his later bad behaviour, but certainly explains it. I found that personal story as affective, in its smaller way, as his father's account of the Nazi genocide. 5⭐

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Deblovestoread
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Maus is the second of the two graphic novels I‘ve read. The first was They Called Us Enemy. While they may not be my go to, both books were excellent and important. Maus was on my #AuldLangSpine list from @Amiable and I‘m glad to have had the incentive to pick it up. 5🌟 And now I need to read Part II of this story. Thanks for the great recommendation Amy! #52Books #SurvivalStory

squirrelbrain I really need to read this one - it sounds so good. 13mo
Amiable I'm not a big reader of graphic novels, either -- I picked this one up because of the school board in Tennessee banning it last year. I'm so glad I read it, too! 13mo
Librarybelle Such a good book! 13mo
Cinfhen I don‘t read too many GN either but this one is really powerful 13mo
Cinfhen As is this one 13mo
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MeganLindell
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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NomNoms

“It's as if life equals winning, so death equals losing“

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NomNoms
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Of course, I had to read both... This one some how isn't as terrifying as the first. But it's probably because I can't even fathom how bad it was. Can you truly understand what hell on earth is like? Watching people die from pure exhaustion, walking over corpses, smelling their bodies burn. And constantly realizing that you're probably going to be next. If you don't come up with a plan, you're just like everyone else. Dead.

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NomNoms
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Stephen King you can keep all your horror stories to yourself. This is one of the scariest books around because it's real. This happened. People just “disappeared“ never to be heard from again. Family members taken away, people asked to pick a side with no knowledge of what each side meant. Hiding, starving, barely surviving in cramped terrifying conditions. What happens when the scariest monster you can think of is real?

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Nebklvr
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I was worried about how those stark black and white illustrations crowding the page would effectively convey such an intensely personal history but it was perfection.

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IndoorDame
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I remember this being around the house when I was a kid, & I know I flipped through it occasionally but I didn‘t decide to sit down & read the whole thing until it was banned earlier this year. (My library clearly needs more copies cuz it‘s been on hold since then!) I didn‘t remember this being a dual timeline story. Grounding it in the ‘present‘ really helped me connect with it by showing 2 such different generations‘ takes.

Texreader I bought it because of the ban but haven‘t had a chance to read it yet 1y
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Rissa1
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I don't know what to say. There are so many books about the Holocaust but the Maus series just hits differently. 4⭐️
#JoysOfJune

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DavidDiamond
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After a school in Tennessee banned the book, I went out and purchased my own copy.
First graphic novel I've ever read (My husband teasingly would ask, "How's your comic book?", to which I would reply, "Oh,my Pulitzer Prize winning graphic novel? It's amazing!").
With Jews depicted as mice & Nazis depicted as cats, this heartbreaking memoir about a son's quest to document his father's experience in Nazi occupied Poland deserves all the accolades.

Yuki_Onna Why on earth does a school ban such an important book??? 😮 What reasons do they give? Banning a book about the Nazi crimes seems hard to believe here. I'm from Germany - Hitler, the Holocaust and WWII are a huge topic. I see why states and schools should ban 'Mein Kampf', but banning a book working up the Holocaust written by a Jew whose parents survived Auschwitz??? Unbelieveable...) 2y
Leftcoastzen @Yuki_Onna I think one reason given was naked mice .(not kidding) 2y
Yuki_Onna @Leftcoastzen Whattt?!? 😆🙄 I don't know whether I should laugh or cry now... That could be ridiculous if it weren't so sad... 2y
DavidDiamond @Yuki_Onna @Leftcoastzen - Apparently the reason was because at one point in the story Spiegelman calls his dead mother a “bitch“ and they didn't like the language. I know, seriously. Talk about throwing out the baby with the bathwater. Here's the article about it: https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-696465 2y
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Bookzombie
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This has been languishing on my TBR for years and I finally picked it up due the ridiculous banning in TN. Spiegelman‘s work is powerful and it‘s important to hear his father‘s story. The book is not only about the Holocaust though. It‘s also about the author‘s relationship with his parents, especially his father. I can‘t recommend this graphic novel enough.

Reggie I keep thinking about all these bans and I don‘t think people realize how close they are to the Nazis and all that book burning. How they are the same people who want to tell us to read, to tell women what they should do, to (cause we the queer people are next) probably tell us queer people who we can love. They‘re the same people who don‘t want government telling them what to do. So frustrating. 2y
Bookzombie @Reggie It is so frustrating! I think some realize and don‘t care, some just don‘t see it and some just don‘t/won‘t hear it. Also, I think it very easy for some to forget history and for some to take themselves out of it. They think these decisions don‘t affect them. 2y
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JackOBotts
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I mean…wow…what an emotional experience. I don‘t have the right words to articulate my feelings.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Rissa1
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Finished this and handed it to my 13 year old son. Hopefully it is something we will both enjoy.

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Jobridge
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Picked up another graphic novel haul from the library because this finally came in on reserve for me!

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JackOBotts
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My library hold came through, so we‘re bumping this to the top of my reading list.

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LibraryCin
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I think I liked this better this second time around; I was paying better attention. Although the current day story in Part II didn‘t focus as much on Art‘s father and his 2nd wife, but there was still plenty happening in the “current” day with Art, his wife, and his father. We had a few more nationalities in part II, all drawn with/represented by different types of animals. Cont in comments.

LibraryCin This one also included Art drawing himself dealing with the success of part I‘s publication and trying to write/draw part II. This one also had the end of WWII with Art‘s father getting out of Auschwitz and meeting up later with Art‘s mother. A very good book, and a different way to get the message out about what happened during the Holocaust 2y
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Graywacke
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I read this in 1999, 2014 and then again last month after that backward school district banned it. I never mentioned Maus II here though, so a late post. In brief, it‘s brilliant, surprisingly powerful yet again, and one of those books you can‘t help wishing everyone would read. What caught my attention this time is how secondary the actual story is, the Auschwitz story, and how much is about his relationship with his father, and his art.

MommyWantsToReadHerBook I missed the news about a school district banning it - what?? 2y
MommyWantsToReadHerBook @Graywacke oh my word. That's so ridiculous! Thanks for bringing me up to speed. 2y
Graywacke @MommyWantsToReadHerBook right, that‘s the perfect word. I think if you look at the book pages here on Litsy (Maus I and II and the complete Maus) you‘ll see a lot of interesting posts about it. (Sales took off in February in response and stores sold out of Maus. 🙂) 2y
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AmyK1
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1. My TBR bookshelf.
2. Tagged
3. Only one so far-The Paris Orphan

Thanks for the tag @Eggs #wondrouswednesday

Eggs Love the legs and color❣️ 2y
AmyK1 @Eggs thank you! It was an old cabinet my uncle made for my grandparents 50+ years ago and I refinished it. My first time trying and I am very happy with the results! 2y
Eggs @AmyK1 you did a great job! (edited) 2y
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alisiakae
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A few years back, I made a change to only read #OwnVoices books when the topic is the Holocaust. Surprisingly, I hadn‘t read this one yet. When it was banned in 8th grade classrooms in TN, the state right next door, at the same time it appeared on Maya‘s curriculum, I knew it was time. We‘ve been discussing it this week, and the many parallels to my husband ms family history. Spiegelman recounts his family experience from his father‘s POV ⬇️

alisiakae and it is a powerful story. This absolutely belongs in middle school curriculums, and is going on my must-read recommendation shelf. #readbannedbooks #pop22 #duology (1) 2y
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Lovesbooks87
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When I saw the news that this book was being banned I had to check it out. After reading it in a couple hours, I don‘t see why it was banned. The people that banned this book must forget that teens hear and see worse on tv and from their peers. This is part of our awful world history and it needs to be taught, not banned. I hope this book gets into the hands of the students where it is being banned!

APLitlife I teach this book. The students love it. 2y
KathyWheeler I don‘t think it‘s about “protecting the kids;” in fact, I don‘t think it ever was. It‘s all about control over thought. 2y
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LKK526

The censorship of books is disconcerting. If you don‘t want to read something don‘t, but don‘t abrogate my right to so so. No earth shattering observations here but needs to be said. The only way a book can hurt me is if you hit me over the head with it. Apologies to those I didn‘t tag

LibrarianRyan I agree.! 2y
BookmarkTavern Well said! 2y
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LKK526 @ozma.of.oz 👍 2y
bthegood This is on my TBR, and I agree 👍 2y
LKK526 @bthegood 😃👍 2y
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LKK526

Impressive. I ordered this as soon as I read the article about it being banned.

bthegood I have this also - its on my TBR list - FYI you can reply to peoples comments by clicking on their comment (on the computer there is a little button to the right/bottom of the comment that you can hit) - a box opens for your reply - it keeps the conversation in the same post - makes it easier to follow the conversations ( I think) 🙂 (edited) 2y
LKK526 Thanks for the tip. The only thing I have t the bottom of your comment are 3 dots but it just says edit or delete. Am I looking in wrong place? 2y
LKK526 @bthegood just figured it out. Thanks! 2y
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bthegood @LKK526 you're welcome and thx for comments, I enjoy your insights😊 2y
alisiakae Love seeing the support for reading banned books! 2y
LKK526 @4thhouseontheleft such a slippery slope 2y
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alisiakae
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Look what‘s next up in Maya‘s 8th grade ELA class?

I love her school. #bannedbooks #readbannedbooks

Sarahreadstoomuch I‘m reading this today myself! 2y
Branwen Excellent! 👏 2y
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Ruthiella 👏👏👏 2y
marleed I‘m thrilled she gets to read this as a class project. It gives me hope! 2y
alisiakae @marleed me too! Now I just hope she feels safe in the discussions, considering many of her ancestors (on hubby‘s side) were killed in the Holocaust. Her ELA teacher sometimes forgets that there are students in the classroom with closer connections to things. There was an issue in Jan during class of the YRE of Omnivore‘s Dilemma when she didn‘t realize her language around food was problematic and triggering for students with an ED. 2y
alisiakae @Sarahreadstoomuch I plan on reading it too! 2y
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Jilly6183
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The fact that this is “banned” blows my mind (except it doesn‘t, because almost nothing can shock me these days). Graphic novels aren‘t usually my thing, but this is worth a read. It‘s heartbreaking but it‘s important that we hear true accounts of these atrocities lest we forget…

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BacklistB__ch
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I bought this because it‘s been banned and I‘d never read it. I was never into graphic novels, but this is a wonderful, difficult, heart wrenching book.

Smrloomis Completely agree! 2y
marleed I almost ordered from Amazon (out of stock). Then I decided I want to buy this new and locally just in case anyone is keeping track of those sales as a local perspective on this ban. 2y
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Branwen
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My book video this week is a little bit different than usual - I combined the Teens & Adults into one video so I could talk about books that have been recently banned/challenged! This one is really close to my heart! ❤ Please give it a view and a like! I would really appreciate it! 💕 📖

Teens & Adult Book Recs: Recently Banned/Challenged Books:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYdHyaWXPcw&t=154s

kspenmoll Nice video!!! 2y
Branwen @kspenmoll Thank you so much! That really means a lot! 2y
vivastory This was a great video! 👏 👏 (BTW Did you see the Spiegleman totes that The Strand is selling?) 2y
Branwen @vivastory Thank you so much! And thanks for watching! It means a lot! NO! 😲😲 I did not see them! I will have to hop over to their website and check it out! 2y
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ARTDJG
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EclecticBookLover
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My #FabulousFebruary wrap up. Accomplished my goal of 3 books. Thanks fir hosting @Andrew65

Andrew65 Brilliant 👏👏👏🙌🥳🍾🥂😍 Thanks for playing along. 2y
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AmyK1
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My son has The Complete Maus so I was able to read the 2nd part of the story today. Matthew, who read this in the 8th grade and is now 22, and I had a discussion about why people would want to ban this. He may not be a reader but even he knows that banning books is stupid and that it backfires.

The 2nd part was just as good as the first and I still believe everyone should read this.

kspenmoll I totally agree! 2y
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Christine
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I‘m appalled by the senseless banning of this but very grateful to have read it. I‘ll be sharing with my kids and students and many others. ❤️

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vivastory
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In partnership with The Synagogue, Magic City Books is giving away free copies of Maus in person while supplies last 👏👏

LeahBergen How cool is that? 👏👏 2y
Suet624 Wonderful 2y
Nute Right on! 2y
Branwen This is FANTASTIC! 2y
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Cinfhen
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I read an interesting article with Art Spiegelman addressing the Tennessee school board decision. He had a few good points: 1. People want a “warm & fuzzy” Holocaust version of events. 2. The school board wants to promote a version where the Americans were the heroes and use that message as their focus on WWII 3. This was never about nudity (it‘s a mouse) or profanity but the resistance of facing the dark and evil side of humanity. #Defiance

CarolynM I read something today that said that suggested that some school boards don't want any books about the holocaust in school libraries unless there are also books that present "the other side".???? I despair. 2y
TrishB Warm and fuzzy doesn‘t really sit next to Holocaust does it. 2y
Cinfhen Exactly @TrishB That‘s INFURIATING @CarolynM Like there was actually two sides / like the Jews were actually opponents 🤬😭😭this idea of making EVERYTHING warm & fuzzy is so ridiculous. And don‘t get me started on Whoopi Goldberg 🙄😞 2y
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Librariana @Cinfhen - Cindy, a colleague of mine shared a great article from Mother Jones (https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/02/the-inside-story-of-the-banning-of-maus-its-dumber-than-you-think/), but the more I read it, the more it upset me. Like Mr. Spiegelman said, it's almost as if the board members were asking why a 'nicer' version of the Holocaust couldn't be taught. The entire thing is beyond ridiculous. 2y
Cinfhen Thanks so much for sharing that article @Librariana it‘s so sad to see how this school board tried to justify their actions. It makes you question the idea of public education!!! 2y
sarahbarnes Agreed. I taught Maus to 8th graders and my 13yo daughter has my copies and has read them more than once. It‘s very similar to the backlash here right now against teaching “critical race theory” in schools. White people want a nicer version of their racism taught here too. 2y
Cinfhen It‘s so disheartening @sarahbarnes I feel for teachers and what they‘re up against. 2y
eanderson I‘m concerned that history will repeat itself because we are so concerned with offending people with the truth. It sickens me. The Holocaust shouldn‘t be warm and fuzzy. It‘s uncomfortable, upsetting, and completely heartbreaking. It wasn‘t the first time that Jews were persecuted and it certainly won‘t be the last time that something that disgusting will happens to a group of people. My dad started teaching us about the Holocaust at an early age (edited) 2y
Cinfhen Thanks for your encouraging words @eanderson I wish more people would share that same compassion and conviction. Unfortunately history does repeat and there are numerous cases of genocide occurring today. Elie Wiesel‘s son just called out China on the ethnic cleansing of the Uighur community. 😔 2y
eanderson ☹️ People suck. I cannot express the passionate hate I have for seeing or hearing the words ethnic cleansing!!! 😫 2y
Cinfhen I know!!! It‘s sickening @eanderson 😠😭 2y
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Spiegelman‘s second volume focuses on his father Vladek‘s time in the camps. It‘s a brutal read, and as with volume one, we also glimpse the aftereffects. Surviving is a lifelong challenge. I can‘t stress enough how essential these books are to better understanding what so many innocent people experienced. It‘s within the pages of banned and challenged books, that empathy flourishes.

tjwill Well said! I completely agree. 2y
britt_brooke @tjwill Thank you! 2y
Cinfhen #Advocate #RebelReader 🙌🏻♥️ 2y
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britt_brooke @Cinfhen Love the hashtags - thank you! 💚💚 2y
mrp27 I first read these in college, back in the early 90‘s, and this is what got me started on graphic novels. Showed me how powerful the gn could be in story telling. 2y
britt_brooke @mrp27 What an amazing introduction into graphic novels! 2y
Cinfhen More Tennessee shenanigans I found
Click to read this: --> https://worldisraelnews.com/tennessee-teacher-tells-students-how-to-torture-a-je...
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britt_brooke @Cinfhen OMG and WTF. This teacher should be fired. On top of that, there should not be bible classes in public schools. Private schools can do what they want, but it‘s not appropriate in public schools. Tennessee is embarrassing. 2y
Cinfhen Scary! I agree, Bible class doesn‘t belong in public schools. I‘m sure the Bible teacher isn‘t even accredited or licensed 2y
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britt_brooke
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ When a book is ignorantly removed from a county in your state, the obvious move is take it from your shelf and crack it open. It‘s clear why this won a Pulitzer. Spiegelman recounts his family‘s experiences in the years/months/days leading to Auschwitz. This draws from his father‘s experiences and life after surviving the unimaginable. The black and white art and metaphoric animals are so effective in conveying the fear and brutality.

KathyWheeler I really think most 8th graders are perfectly capable of handling Maus, so I find the reasoning behind removing it from the curriculum to be disingenuous. 2y
britt_brooke @KathyWheeler I 100% agree! 2y
Leftcoastzen What @KathyWheeler said.I was so impressed with it. I can‘t find my copy, did I trade it ? There have been downsizings & moves. 2y
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Prairiegirl_reading 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 2y
britt_brooke @Leftcoastzen I can‘t believe I hadn‘t read it previously. I bought both volumes years ago from a now sadly closed local used book shop, but never found the right time to pick them up. Of course, now was perfect. 2y
Cinfhen #GoBritt 🙌🏻🧡 this was actually your county??? That‘s really sad to hear. The removal of this book especially on International Holocaust Day was total BS. Thank you for standing up to hatred😘😘 2y
britt_brooke @Cinfhen No, not my county, thankfully, but a county in my state (it‘s in east Tennessee). It makes me so angry when people do this shit. And I love how it always backfires. Maus is getting so much attention and rightfully so. (edited) 2y
Cinfhen Oh good!!! I was worried 😅 2y
britt_brooke @Cinfhen I‘d have to move!!! 😂 2y
Cinfhen I was thinking just that 😉 2y
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Love to see so many people buying Maus in response to attempts to ban it

Kenyazero Our library went from seeing it checked out maybe 4 times a year to having over 75 holds on it right now! 2y
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I finally got around to reading these. I've had them awhile, but haven't made the time to read them. I'm glad I finally did. The people wanting to ban this book clearly haven't read it. Typical 😓 I think it's completely fine for 8th grade. What do they think is going to happen if kids read it? Are they going to sprout tails and start listening to the rock n roll music? I mean come on...
It's important kids learn about the Holocaust.

Patchshank There is no way to sugar coat this period in history. Parents are going to do much more harm by trying to. 2y
KathyWheeler I never know if I‘m a good judge of what most people think is fine for 8th graders or not because my mom didn‘t restrict my reading. I read some pretty graphic books on the Holocaust with pictures of actual people when I was much younger than 8th grade. I‘m convinced most 8th graders can handle it, and that we‘ve gotten into a ridiculous habit of always underestimating our kids in the US. This desire to “protect” them does them no favors. 2y
Cortg I read this article today. The author/journalist reviewed the school board minutes that took place over pulling Maus from the curriculum. It's an entertaining yet also frusterating article. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/02/the-inside-story-of-the-banning-of-... 2y
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Patchshank @KathyWheeler I'm not sure I'm a good judge either. I had everything restricted as a kid, but my mom didn't pay close attention so I was still able to sneak stuff easily. But we read Night in 7th grade as part of class. We read some of Diary of a Young girl, but most of the focus was on Night. That was fine. Between this and the whole "teachers need to be unbiased on Nazis" thing, it's super concerning. 2y
KathyWheeler @Patchshank I can‘t understand where this “teachers and libraries need to be unbiased about Nazis” thing even came from! Why? At one point, bias against Nazis was one thing pretty much everyone agreed on. 2y
vivastory I was in the 9th grade when Schindler's List was released on VHS & it was shown several times in my school. This was a little overshadowed by what happened w/ Maus but just a couple of days before it was banned, a school board in MO banned FOUR books in a high school, including Toni Morrison & Alison Bechdel:
https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/missouri-school-distric...
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TheKidUpstairs I read an article from someone who was in the meeting where they made the decision on Maus. They freely admitted not having read it, not having even seen it. So frustrating 2y
Patchshank @vivastory The amount of pettiness in that article is astounding. "My kids aren't allowed to say bitch at school, so they shouldn't be allowed to read the word either." Soooooo petty. People should have to read the book before they agree to ban it. Can't ban it until they read it and are able to provide proof they read and understood it. 2y
Patchshank @Cortg sorry tagged the wrong person. I'll read the article you posted @vivastory 2y
Patchshank @vivastory I haven't read any of those books, so I don't feel like I can comment on them. But I think my previous comments probably still apply. You can't sugar coat the bad things in the world or just ban your kids from learning about it. That does way more damage. People should still be required to read the books they want to ban. Most books probably wouldn't get banned. 2y
KathyWheeler @vivastory I‘ve read both The Bluest Eye and Fun Home and loved both. I haven‘t read the others that were mentioned. 2y
KathyWheeler @Cortg The stupidity on display in that article was so frustrating! 2y
RebL This is a book I've been meaning to read, but other priorities prevented me from doing so. YKWIM? Now it's skipped right to the top. That's the way with challenged & banned books. It'll probably get a boost again in Sept with Banned Books Week.
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Thanks for posting that article @cortg. Wow.
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allureofbeauty They‘re amazing. 2y
Patchshank @KathyWheeler I agree! How has that became a dividing issue? That was the one thing everyone had in common. The guy who disagreed? No one spoke to that guy. 2y
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This is one solution to book banning ! People have to rise up! https://www.jta.org/2022/01/28/united-states/the-great-maus-giveaway-is-on-as-bo...

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Hooked_on_books The thing about people banning books is that it just ends up bringing more attention to those books. And it‘s also stupid and reflects the fears of the attempted banners. 2y
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