This is one of the issues we are dealing with on the ALA/YALSA/PPYA "Books
that Don't Make You Blush" Committee. Nominations are closed for the June
conference - but will begin again after the conference...we need time to
catch up on all the titles we need to read.
For my school -- it is relatively easy to deal with the problem. I don't buy
the books that have cursing. I learned this early on - from the students-
who complain about any four letter words found in any titles. They told me
they don't want to see it....not the parents - which is interesting. Yes,
that does mean we don't have some of the popular titles. I will inter
library loan any, however, if a student requests them.
A student just did research on rap and hip hop poetry. I felt rather dirty
after reading several of the selections in the titles I found for him.
Allan
Dr. Allan O'Grady Cuseo (Brother Donogh Allan, MGC)
Bishop Kearney High School Library
125 Kings Highway South
Rochester, New York 14617
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585-342 - 4694 (FAX)
acuseo@bkhs.org
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Kaminski Katie" <Kaminski_Katie@STVRAIN.K12.CO.US>
To: <LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2005 3:18 PM
Subject: [LM_NET] swearing in books
I'm going to be a librarian at a middle school and was wondering how you
deal with foul language in fiction books. I'm talking about more than mild
cussing.
Thanks,
Katie Kaminski
Erie M/S
Erie, CO 80516
kaminski_katie@stvrain.k12.co.us
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