Tuesday, John told me about a story he’d heard on the news. It
was about Toby Price, assistant principal at Gary Road Elementary in Byram, Mississippi.
Mr. Price read aloud via Zoom to 240 second graders earlier this month. Mr. Price hadn’t been
scheduled to read that day, but the guest reader hadn’t shown up. So, Mr. Price
filled in. The school district superintendent disapproved of the book he chose.
Moments after the Zoom meeting, Mr. Price was placed on administrative leave.
Two days later, he was fired. What was the book that caused all this trouble?
Prepare to be shocked: it was “I Need a New Butt” by New Zealand author Dawn
McMillan. If you’ve never read it, you should buy one from Amazon right now.
When it arrives, find a seven-year-old to read it to. It’s the PERFECT book to
read aloud to someone that age. What concerns me is that there are school
superintendents out there who don’t know that.
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