A book about a bunny sa国际传媒� and not the Easter Bunny sa国际传媒� has been making news headlines.

The book, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Presents a Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo, written by Jill Twiss and illustrated by E.G. Keller, was published a year ago, in March 2018.

This is a satire piece, written and presented as a childrensa国际传媒檚 book.

Itsa国际传媒檚 a response to Marlon Bundosa国际传媒檚 A Day in the Life of the Vice President, a childrensa国际传媒檚 book written by Charlotte Pence, daughter of U.S. Vice-President Mike Pence.

A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo tells the story of a bunny owned by the Pence family.

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The bunny also happens to be gay sa国际传媒� unlike Mike Pence, who is known for his opposition to expanding LGBTQ+ rights.

Proceeds from sales of the book are going to The Trevor Project and AIDS United, two organizations friendly to the LGBTQ+ community.

A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo wouldnsa国际传媒檛 normally attract my attention.

I donsa国际传媒檛 usually go for stories with bunnies as protagonists, regardless of who they are hopping around with.

And most of the time, I donsa国际传媒檛 find contemporary political satire to be all that funny, although there are exceptions.

Why am I interested in this book?

The answer is simple. There are some who do not want me to read it. It has been one of the most challenged books in the United States this year.

Since it was published, there have been efforts to have A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo removed from some American libraries.

Others have spoken out against the parody.

sa国际传媒淭he sa国际传媒榮atiricalsa国际传媒� late-night talk show hostsa国际传媒檚 screed was not just vicious in tone, but also vulgar and vile in every sense of the word and way,sa国际传媒� Jim Daly, president of the conservative Christian organization Focus on the Family, wrote after the book was released.

Like Pence, Focus on the Family is not seen as being friendly to the LGBTQ+ community.

Oddly enough, Charlotte Pence, author of the original Marlon Bundo book, wasnsa国际传媒檛 among those opposing the satirical work.

sa国际传媒淗is book is contributing to charities that I think we can all get behindsa国际传媒� Isa国际传媒檓 all for it,sa国际传媒� she said in an interview shortly after the parody was published.

A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo isnsa国际传媒檛 the first book to be challenged, and it wonsa国际传媒檛 be the last.

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Here in B.C., we have had some book challenges of our own.

In the 1990s the Surrey School Board tried to ban three childrensa国际传媒檚 books: Belindasa国际传媒檚 Bouquet, Ashasa国际传媒檚 Mums, and One Dad, Two Dads, Brown Dads, Blue Dads. Each of these books dealt with same-sex couples.

The Supreme Court of Canada overturned the ban.

And much more recently, Chilliwack school trustee Heather Maahs has taken issue with the novel, Tomorrow, When the War Began, by John Marsden.

At issue is sexual content in the Grade 9 novel.

These outcries and efforts to keep certain books out of libraries end up increasing the publicsa国际传媒檚 curiosity.

And so, because of the opposition to A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo, I want to find out more.

Maybe it isnsa国际传媒檛 worth reading. Or perhaps itsa国际传媒檚 an important, worthwhile story.

If the critics didnsa国际传媒檛 want me to pay attention to this book, silence would have been far more effective than their efforts to have it pulled from the shelves.

Now itsa国际传媒檚 time to try and get my hands on a copy of A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo.

John Arendt is the editor of the Summerland Review.

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