Re: Nudity in books

[Anne Marie Clarke <amclarke@NYC.RR.COM>]

This reminds me of the story I was told, over 20 years ago, of all the
librarians who painted little white-out diapers on the little boy in Maurice
Sendak's *In the Night Kitchen*.  Keeping the book off the shelf is one
level of censorship.  But this kind of response -- altering another's work
so it "looks better" and doesn't "disrupt classes unnecessarily" -- is so
ridiculous, it's funny.  No -- it's downright scary. Besides being a
violation of copyright laws (illustrations in a book are intellectual
property just as the text is) it's also artistically unethical.  And what
kind of message does this give kids, not only about nudity, but also about
"altering" books or parts of books?

-- Anne Marie Clarke, MLS
    School Media Specialist
    Richmond Hill H.S.
    Richmond Hill, NY  11418
    amclarke@nyc.rr.com


----- Original Message -----
From: "Fillingim, Debra@Jupiter" <FillingimD@BREVARD.K12.FL.US>
To: <LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 3:19 PM
Subject: Nudity in books


> If  the book is disruptive, I alter the picture.  We recently got a
fairies
> book in that was beautiful.  They had see through dresses on that showed
> their bottoms.  Changing the picture would not alter the main idea of the
> story.....so I painted over them.  I am a tole painter and One Stroke
artist
> so I certainly had the paint.  The costume I put them totally fits with
the
> book, looks better, and will not  disrupt classes unnecessarily.
>
> I am sure very school has a person with ability to do this.
>
> Debra Fillingim
> Media Specialist
> Jupiter Elementary
> Palm Bay, Florida
> FillingimD@brevard.k12.fl.us
>
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