The Witches by Roald Dahl

I read Roald Dahl books when I was younger, but I didn't realize how much I loved this man until I became an adult. I loved the BFG, and of course Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and James and the Giant Peach. Upon looking at the list of the most often challenged/banned books in America from 1990-2000, I saw that #27 was The Witches. Okay, so the book is called "Witches", but the witches themselves aren't even really human. At the very beinning of the book, Dahl differentiates them from people by saying that they don't have toes. Dahl also makes witches bad creatures that need to be disposed of. You really don't feel any sympathy for the witches, in fact you really hope that the main characters do defeat the witches. Of course, if you don't like the idea of magic, good or bad, you still won't be pleased with this book. Since this is my personal blog, I will say that I don't think that there's anything so horrible as using your imagination in order to allow you to be a more creative individual. Well at least in my humble opinion.