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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Since we are talking about outing Santa... I thought I would warn people that Judy Blume's book Super Fudge totally talks about how Santa isn't real and only "babies" believe it is real.  The 4 year old in the book say this.

[b]Judy Blume- who was raised Jewish: [/b] Said that she can't imagine anyone being upset about the book, because all children know Santa isn't real......sigh.....
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Another holiday favorite- attacking the Jews for not playing their part in protecting Christian children from hearing a single thing about Santa, notwithstanding the onslaught of Christmas in popular culture.

[b]BTW- Superfudge is a book for middle to late ES students. And, another PSA- Judy Blume’s books talk about other unpleasant topics you may want to shield your children from: racism (Iggie’s house) bullying (Blubber), anti-Semitism (Starring Sally J Freedman). [/b][/quote]

I see a lot of threads and posts on DCUM about "is this or that book appropriate for my child at this age?" etc. I wish parents really did ask that more and actually paid attention to the content of books. Then they wouldn't be upset that a book that was never intended for their child's age is a book that "outs Santa," or has romance in it, or indicates that a fictional family is not perfectly happy, or whatever bugs the parent when they run across it.

Of course a kid who is an advanced reader, or especially mature, can read things that aren't limited to his or her age group as printed on the back of a book. Kids do need to be challenged and stretched in their reading. But adults shouldn't then act as if what's between the covers of a book brought home from the school library is some huge shock. [/quote]

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