challenged books

[Yvette Viger <ymviger@MOOSE.NCIA.NET>]

I sent a message to lm_net last week requesting messages
in support of three books that are being challenged in
our K-5 library. I was hoping to give a copy of these
messages along with the book reviews to my principal this
morning but unfortunately she was out for the day. I will
at a conference tomorrow so the meeting will be next Friday.

I would greatly appreciate additional messages from librarians
who have read the following books along with comments on their
appropriateness in a K-5 library.  The titles are:

        Bones in the cliff by James Stevenson
        Mick Harte was here by Barbara Park
        Earthshine by Theresa Nelson

These three books are on a recommended reading list for
our state's Great Stoneface Award. I have copies of
several reviews for each title.

The teacher objects to the language in the first two titles
and the subject in the third (AIDS).

Please send messages directly to me, not to the list.

thank-you,

Yvette

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Yvette Viger                       |  Mildred C. Lakeway Elementary School
ymviger@moose.ncia.net             |  325 Union Street
Librarian / Media Generalist       |  Littleton, New Hampshire  03561

     "I have always imagined that paradise will be a kind of library."
                             Jorge Luis Borges
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