I voted YES.
You don't say who "pulled it from the shelf" - you don't even say if =
this was your school or not - but I doubt I would have purchased this =
book in the first place.=20
Does it have a wonderful review in SLJ?=20
Does it go along with your curriculum?
Do you have a Ojectional Materials Policy in place, and was it followed?
In my humble opinion I can understand having books about all sorts of =
lifestyles at the jr. high and high school level. However, I would not =
purchase this book for my elementary school's collection. I would not be =
able to justify the purchase of it. The parents here would not tolerate =
it. I would be very uncomfortable if my 6 year old brought it home as a =
library book.=20
There is a time and place for everything - but books about gay princes =
do not belong in an elementary school library.=20
Jumping off the soapbox,=20
Karen DeFrank
Bullock School
Glassboro, NJ=20
kdefrank@glassboro.k12.nj.us
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> From: MARY M. STEWART
> Reply To: MARY M. STEWART
> Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 7:47 AM
> To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> Subject: Please Vote
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> Hi.
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> In Southeastern North Carolina, we recently had a huge hubbub over a
> book in one of our elementary school libraries.
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> Here is a short description of the book. It was deemed appropriate for
> ages 6 and up.
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> In the book, a queen tells her single son, Prince Bertie, that she had
> already been married twice at his age. The prince dismisses a line of
> eligible princesses before finally falling for Prince Lee. The final
> page of the book shows the two princes kissing with a red heart =
covering
> their lips.
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> The end result of a parent complaining was that King and King was
> pulled from the shelf.
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> This seems to go against everything I have been taught in my library
> and information science classes.
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> What do all of you think?
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> I would love it if we could get some more votes on this.
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> Just go to this webpage
> http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpage
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> At the very bottom left there is a place to vote.
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> Thank you for taking the time to do this. I think it is important.
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> MM Stewart
> Teacher/Library Science Student
> New Hanover High School
> mmstewar@nhcs.k12.nc.us
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