We learn colors and animals and that Texas looks before they leap unless by reading this book you are an activated sleeper agent.
Banned
2010 - Texas
Book was removed from school curriculums after the Texas State Board of Education confused the author with philosopher Bill Martin, author of Ethical Marxism: The Categorical Imperative of Liberation. It was later put back.
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