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Dulin's Books · 02-06-2012, 05:22 PM

interesting. i had truly never heard of these works until recently. this school year I am volunteering in my son's elementary school library. because of cutbacks we have only 1 librarian to share between several schools so several other parents and I keep the doors open for regular library visits for the various classes/grades.

to the point , a couple of weeks ago when i arrived at the library there was a book on the counter with a note from the principal. he asked that it be checked in from the student who previously had it and then checked out to him so he might read it. later when i made a prank out of delivering it in person he explained that the student's parent had objected to her son having it because of the illustrations. he's a first or second grader. the principal wanted to familiarize himself with the work and with the process if the parent decided to actually challenge the book.

when i spoke with the librarian about it she discussed the idea of just blocking it through the check out system so only 3rd and above could check it out. we have that ability and it seems a rather more appropriate way to deal with "age appropriate" issues than having the book removed outright due to a challenge from a/some parent(s).

anyway I personally thought that the pictures were nothing next to the subject matter but thats through adult eyes. i imagine they could be quite a bit scarrier to a child than some of the stories. the style chosen to replace them is interesting. will they continue to offer both versions?

02-06-2012, 05:22 PM	#2
Dulin's Books Wizard Posts: 2,806 Karma: 13500000 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Portland, OR Device: Boox PB360 etc etc etc	interesting. i had truly never heard of these works until recently. this school year I am volunteering in my son's elementary school library. because of cutbacks we have only 1 librarian to share between several schools so several other parents and I keep the doors open for regular library visits for the various classes/grades. to the point , a couple of weeks ago when i arrived at the library there was a book on the counter with a note from the principal. he asked that it be checked in from the student who previously had it and then checked out to him so he might read it. later when i made a prank out of delivering it in person he explained that the student's parent had objected to her son having it because of the illustrations. he's a first or second grader. the principal wanted to familiarize himself with the work and with the process if the parent decided to actually challenge the book. when i spoke with the librarian about it she discussed the idea of just blocking it through the check out system so only 3rd and above could check it out. we have that ability and it seems a rather more appropriate way to deal with "age appropriate" issues than having the book removed outright due to a challenge from a/some parent(s). anyway I personally thought that the pictures were nothing next to the subject matter but thats through adult eyes. i imagine they could be quite a bit scarrier to a child than some of the stories. the style chosen to replace them is interesting. will they continue to offer both versions? Last edited by Dulin's Books; 02-06-2012 at 09:28 PM.