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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We read so many books as class starting in 4th grade. I specially remember two of the books in 4th being A Bridge to Terabithia and A Wrinkle in Time.  And we had to take turns reading aloud in class. Do kids do this anymore? [/quote]

Why would they?  How does that help anyone?

Ours start in second grade.  In kindergarten and first grade they are reading according to their level.   They read Roald Dahl, Mildred Taylor books like Let the Circle be Unbroken, The Family Under the Bridge are some of them.  [/quote]

I don’t believe this.  No school in 2026 is assigning Family Under the Bridge to elementary kids.  [/quote]

Absolutely.  Why wouldn’t they.  And it was my oldest read it about 10 years ago.  4th or 5th grade.   It’s a classic children’s book for that age group.   James and the Giant Peach was 2nd grade.  [/quote]

Public schools are not reading “classic” children’s books that have what could be perceived as racist and discriminatory language throughout them.  Little House, Secret Garden, certainly Family Under the Bridge, are not on any public school’s elementary reading list for assigned class work[/quote]

What are you talking about?

It’s a children’s book about post WW2 in Paris and a homeless man who under the bridge.  The homeless man reluctantly helps take care of three homeless children and their mother and ends up helping them find an home and himself a family.

It’s a CLASSIC children’s book that addresses issues like compassion, family and sticking together in difficult times.

You don’t know the book because there is no mention of race or discrimination.   It’s surprising to me how many posters don’t know children’s classics.

Natalie Savage Carson is the author.  Look it up.  
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I’ve read it.   I’ve read it to my kids.  And no way is it part of any public school’s 3rd-4th grade assigned curriculum in 2026.  It just isn’t. [/quote]

Still waiting for this poster to admit she did not read the book.  [/quote]

Read it and already responded.  Keep up.  [/quote]

Then why don’t you explain the racism in the book that you read.  Or why a book for 4th graders is not being taught in elementary schools?  You Just claimed about how they don’t read this because of racism and nothing to back up your claim.   Just one example of what you claim.  [/quote]

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