Re: Please Vote

["Strong, Emily R." <Emily.Strong@FCPS.EDU>]

Mary,
I voted no because as you pointed out it goes against everything library =
school teaches as well as everything I personally believe. The book =
would be a great way to introduce different lifestyles to younger =
children in a tolerant and caring manner. Shying away from tackling =
subject matter with a younger audience just makes it more difficult to =
introduce to an older audience. How can a book about the search for =
self-identity and love be wrong? Of course this is just my humble =
opinion. Thanks for bringing up an interesting topic!

Emily

Emily Strong
Librarian
The Burke School
Burke, VA
emily.strong@fcps.edu

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[mailto:LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU]On Behalf Of MARY M. STEWART
Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 10:48 AM
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Subject: Please Vote


Hi.

In Southeastern North Carolina, we recently had a huge hubbub over a
book in one of our elementary school libraries.

Here is a short description of the book. It was deemed appropriate for
ages 6 and up.

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.

The end result of a parent complaining was that King and King was
pulled from the shelf.

This seems to go against everything I have been taught in my library
and information science classes.

What do all of you think?

I would love it if we could get some more votes on this.

Just go to this webpage
http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpage

At the very bottom left there is a place to vote.

Thank you for taking the time to do this. I think it is important.



MM Stewart
Teacher/Library Science Student
New Hanover High School
mmstewar@nhcs.k12.nc.us

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