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November 19, 2007

Risks Censored from Children's Books

Posted by Dave Blount at November 19, 2007 8:32 AM

British publishers have been censoring children's books to remove anything deemed risky by politically correct totalitarians.

Children's author Lindsey Gardiner reveals that youngsters could not be depicted as walking alone in one novel, and sharp objects were removed from another.

In one story, she had to rewrite a scene where a dragon toasts marshmallows with the flames from his nostrils because "it looks dangerous and goes against health and safety." Another story had to be changed to prevent a boy from climbing a ladder.

Even colors can be banned. A cooker that glowed bright red had to be changed to green.

The censorship is applied inconsistently, and even nonsensically — all the better to keep authors on their toes.

On a tip from Cheetah.

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