Goosebump Series

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   I supervise school media specialists in their practicums in the public
schools.  Yesterday when I was observing in a local elementary school,
the librarian asked me for my opinion on the Goosebump series of books
by R. L. Stine.  She is concerned about the violence in the books and
about their appropriateness for a K-4 school.  I recalled that there
was a discussion concerning them earlier on LM_Net but in checking the
archives this morning I could not get the search mechanism to operate.
If you have added these titles to your elementary collections - or if
you have not - I would appreciate hearing from you as to your reasons
for doing so - or not doing so.  I will then be glad to pass your comments
on to her.  Thanks for your help.

Ruth Ann Powell
Associate Professor of Library Science
Fairmont State College
Fairmont, WV 26554
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