This is one for the ages...
The Texas State Board of education, presumably using google as their source, discovered that Bill Martin, the author of famous (and wonderful) Children's books such as "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" and "Brown Bear, Brown Bear" was
secretly a Marxist!
He even wrote a
book on the subject, called Ethical Marxism:
The Categorical Imperative of Liberation.
Of course, the board did the only thing they could: they instantly banned Mr. Martin's books, making sure that his secret Marxism doesn't infect our youth. Phew--that was a close one! Thank goodness the Texas State Board of Education is there to protect our children from dangerous books.
Just one teensy problem--well, two, actually.
The first is that banning books is lame.
The second is that the book on Marxism was written by a different "Bill Martin" altogether. One is a renowned children's author, the other a philosophy professor at DePaul university. Not the same guy at all, it turns out.
The story is here:
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcont...s.3e17c50.html