Roald Dahl’s children’s books are being rewritten to remove language deemed offensive by the publisher, via the use of outside consultancy firm, Inclusive Minds, which aims to make children's books more inclusive, less offensive and accessible.

One example:

“Aunt Sponge was terrifically fat / And tremendously flabby at that,” and, “Aunt Spiker was thin as a wire / And dry as a bone, only drier.”

Both verses removed, replaced by:

“Aunt Sponge was a nasty old brute / And deserved to be squashed by the fruit,” and, “Aunt Spiker was much of the same / And deserves half of the blame.”

Books though are meant to provoke thought, creativity, open minds and create debate, for people of all ages including children. For example, here is a list of the top 13 controversial books of all times. You can read some of the content below and understand why.

http://www.rd.com/list/most-controversial-books-of-all-time/

We have religious and holy books too. They have a place in society. They're not for everyone, but just because the content may upset someone or not be as inclusive as some would like, it doesn't mean they have no value or that they should be changed or modified.

We also have calls for an Adelaide Writers Author to be banned because of her pro Russia views.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-16/adelaide-writers-week-defends-scheduling-susan-abulhawa/101981806

We have also had people protesting against drag queens reading books to children at libraries.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-07/christian-lobby-anti-pussay-poppins-drag-library-launceston/101937194

Books are not there for you to like or dislike. They are there for you to learn and hopefully gain something from - end of story. So why all the fuss?

Baa Baa was a black sheep not a rainbow one
- And you can't convince me otherwise.

Stopping Russians from participation would be racist, and anti-Russian.
You'd make yourself exactly what you claim to be against if you ban them.

Is this for real ?

There will always be people making a fuss about something. Not so long ago, a gentleman called Nathan was making a fuss about Bibles being dropped off at people's doors.

I'm amazed that the fusspots in this case can legally require the rewriting or banning of books in the supposedly democratic West. They rewrite history these days, but they start from scratch, will a living Lefty historian seeing to it.

Of course, Dahl's family have wet themselves and apologised for the author's language.

Fortunately, there are probably thousands of well cared for books in the hands of collectors and people who just love having them. And 'fat ugly' people will go on living for a long time yet.

It is only in totalitarian societies that books are burned - is it not? Perhaps that horrible little man wanting to rewrite our Constitution might think that burning Dahl's work would the-right-thing-to-do.

There are lots and lots of fat, ugly people and people who fit Dahl's descriptions. Are we going to ban them as well?

Dear Nathan,

I would say to the publishers - "Leave Roald Dahl's
books alone!" "Don't you dare change a word".

Roald Dahl's books are extremely popular with children
all around the world because the books encourage children
to use their imaginations, expand their vocabularies, and gain
a better understanding of themselves and others.

In many of Dahl's books kids come across unfamiliar words
that Dahl invented himself . During his career Dahl built
up a lexicon of around 500 new words - all of which add
depth and meaning to the wonderful world of Dahl's books.

Words like:

Gobblefunk

Frobscottle

Snozzcumber

Phizz-whizzing

Biffsquiggled

And so many others.

Change the words and the magic goes!