Hi, All:
Well, I may be late to the party but I just read _The Higher Power of Lucky_ over
February break. I thought it was charming. The scrotum thing didn't bother me
much. I'm not sure I would have taken very much notice of it if we hadn't had the
uproar. I actually really liked the way Brigitte calmly (appropriately) answers
Lucky's question about what 'scrotum' means.
Do I think my students will read this book? I don't know. I do know that the
cover is all wrong. Maybe that's the problem. The cover illustration makes it
look like a 2nd or 3rd grade kind of story, a la Judy Moody. It's really not for
those kids. The design makes it look younger than the audience that would
appreciate it. I probably wouldn't buy it for my school because we have a limited
budget and it has limited appeal -- at my school. If my students or teachers
request it, I'll spend the money.
My meager 2 cents,
Robin
Robin Shtulman, Librarian
Erving Elementary School
28 Northfield Rd. Erving, MA 01344
413-423-3326
shtulman@erving.com
http://www.erving.com/library/erving_library.htm
"Let's go to the library;
I bet we can learn some valuable things there."
Harry & the Potters
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Original Message:
From: "Tripp, Bettina" <BTripp@ROCKYPOINT.K12.NY.US>
To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Cc:
Date: Sunday, February 25 2007 12:20 PM
Subject: [LM_NET] Before the Lucky thread closes...t shirt offer!
You know the Lucky issue has gone to far when someone makes a t-shirt about it...or
adds "gate" to the end of the controversy... Check out this site:
http://gawker.com/news/books/kiddie-book-scrotumgate-there-is-a-tshirt-239159.php
Bettina Tripp
FJCarasiti Elementary
Rocky Point Schools
90 Rocky Point Yaphank Road
Rocky Point, NY 11778
631-744-1600 x2210
btripp@rockypoint.k12.ny.us
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