The Beast of Monsieur Racine | 
so-so3 ⭐ This is an odd little story. It is about a man, who befriends a “beast” who is stealing pears from his tree. Not only does he befriend the beast but convinces the beast to be shown to the science of animal groups, where no one can believe this wonderous new creature. This book is historically banned for violence, and for not being age appropriate. I find that odd. It‘s a picture book, for picture book age ranges. ⬇
LibrarianRyan To this reader, the oddest thing about this book, is that anyone for a second could be fooled into thinking the beast was anything besides what it was. I would have thought the book to be banned for showing characters too dumb or uneducated enough not to know what the best was. But no, a man mad that people are stealing from him is too violent. All the banners have done, is make sure people to like me continue to read and talk about this book 13mo
LibrarianRyan whenever book banning comes up 13mo
The_Book_Ninja I read this book as a kid in the 70s. I‘d forgotten all about it until your picture unlocked the memory 13mo
LibrarianRyan @The_Book_Ninja ahhhh. I had head of the author and remember seeing it, but never read it. I thought it was really odd to be banned. 13mo
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