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I recently had the opportunity to do something with a few elementary
students that I had always thought I would like to try just to see their
reaction ...

A young student (2nd or 3rd grader)  happened to be standing in the
picture book area (K-1 section) ... she pulled out an Eric Carle book
and found an abstract silhouette drawing of a man and woman naked ...
she said that she didn't think that sort of thing was appropriate for
young children ... I looked at the picture, flipped to the verso, nodded
knowingly and announced that we librarians have tried to get that
publisher to stop doing that to books for young children, then turned
back to the offending page and torn it out of the book . . .  I then
asked her if it was okay for the younger ones now ... she responded that
yes, it was ... so I handed it to her and asked her to put it back on
the shelf...  When she did ... I continued to wonder out loud who those
guys think they are - just because thousands of people buy their books,
just because they win an award here or there, and just because hundreds
of people make their livings producing and handling those books to get
them to us, it is no reason for them to think they can sneak those kinds
of pictures by us!  We're on the lookout, and we'll squash them at every
opportunity...

Of course the other students began to protest that the book just isn't
the same without the page ...  So, perhaps they have been paying
attention and do realize that the author has a message to convey in his
or her own way, regardless of what one or two people might think . . .
The complainer then decided to change the subject quickly and also
realized she was late for class...

Aloha y'all   ...   Earl J.
"Just an old Maui boy with a poor sense of direction ...
Guilford, CT ... working his way back home; one state at a time!"
www.moniz.org / earlj@moniz.org
Guilford Lakes Elementary
Librarian/Media Specialist

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