I really like the idea Dunn brings forth in the section “Use literary and other texts as a springboard for informed discussions of disability and ableism.” She talks about giving students reading that highlights ideas of self destructive view, stereotypes of the disabled and society’s misconceptions of the disabled. It is important for students to become “resisting readers”. This teaches them to be critical of everything they read and not accept one author’s opinion to be the only legitimate view. This made me think of a book that I have read called Should We Burn Babar?. In the book, Kohl argues that due to Babar’s messages of racism, sexism and the legitimization of colonialism, children should not be exposed to these books. However, Kohl did take the Babar books into a third grade classroom to have a critical discussion about the book series. After reading the books, he talked to the students about colonialism and other historical/social issues that come up in the book and how the author portrays these ideas as positive things. Even though these students are still very young, they were really effected by this lesson. The images of Babar as a clothed, upper class elephant, leaving behind his naked elephant friends and family members became a disturbing and uncomfortable image for the third graders to look at. Kohl’s conclusion in the introductory chapter was that this book should not be read to children. However, I think that his lesson in the third grade classroom is proof that these books can be used as an introduction to looking critically at literature. It is all up to the teacher to lead discussion and make sure that the students are receiving the right messages and using their own experience/knowledge to critique the author’s writing.