Greetings,
I just finished reading OPERATION YES by Sara Lewis Holmes and she includes a
website at the end of the book if you're interested in supporting our troops or
having kids support our troops. (Book has a great teacher in it- you want to meet
her, Miss Loupe)
The website is fisherhouse.org. I made my way around it and found myself
redirected to http://www.ourmilitary.mil/redirect.shtml which is a website
dedicated to supporting our military. Two url's that looked promising were:
http://www.ourmilitary.mil/Message.aspx?SectionID=5 and
http://www.ourmilitary.mil/letters_messages.shtml. It looks like you can have your
students send an email to a Marine, Soldier, Airman, etc.
I know we were looking for a way to send a letter to a military member and found
out the American Red Cross had to run them through a security procedure. So,
technology looks like it found another way to send support and greetings.
Hope that helps.
Holiday wonder to you all,
Barb Langridge
abookandahug.com
Barb Langridge
Children's Services
Howard County Central Library
10375 Little Patuxent Parkway
Columbia, MD 21045
410 313-7880
barb.langridge@hclibrary.org
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Original Message:
From: "Jensen, Marcia L" <jensenm@MAIL.DAVENPORT.K12.IA.US>
To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
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Date: Friday, December 18 2009 12:46 PM
Subject: Hit: Manga Selection Information
Here is my original post:
I would like to order some new Manga Series for my collection (High School). I
found some suggestions for series that are currently popular. I need to know if
there is questionable sexual content in any of them. I can look at a book or two,
but sometimes the stuff that is inappropriate comes later or in a different place
in the series. Recommendations are welcome. Thanks in advance!
Thanks to everyone who responded. I was able to order easily using your suggestions.
? We have Maximum ride at our middle school. The kids love it and I have not
found anything inappropriate thus far.
? We have the Cirque de Freak written series in our collection...very
popular....no complaints so far.
Kare Kano we can't keep on the shelves.
? The best way to avoid sexual content is to not purchase anything that it
rated 16+ or higher. Nearly all of the manga companies have learned to rate their
series in advance (at least as much as they possibly can, since some series are
still being published in Japan) With that being said, of the series listed below,
the following should be safe for a high school library setting:
Cirque du Freak
http://yenpress.us/?page_id=520
Fairy Tail
http://www.randomhouse.com/delrey/manga/catalog/results.pperl?authorid=79087
Fullmetal Alchemist
http://www.viz.com/products/products.php?product_id=5102
Kare Kano
http://www.tokyopop.com/product/1087
Maximum Ride
http://yenpress.us/?page_id=444
Ouran High School Host Club
http://www.viz.com/products/products.php?product_id=5114
Shaolin Sisters is OOP, but Shaolin Sisters Reborn might work
http://www.tokyopop.com/product/1362/ShaolinSistersReborn/1
Train + Train
http://www.gocomi.com/index.php?module=manga⊂=series_detail&subsub=volumes&s_id=7
Tsubasa, RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE
http://www.randomhouse.com/delrey/manga/catalog/results.pperl?authorid=58456
I'd say that gives you a pretty good base to start from. Out of those listed
above, my vote would be for the following in my library, Cirque du Freak, Fullmetal
Alchemist, Maximum Ride & Ouran High School Host Club.
? You might take a look at the new Texas Maverick List which is a new
recommendation list just for graphic novels. They have a section for HS. Don't know
how many anime titles are included, but you can see the list at www.txla.org click
on the link to the left which says "READING LISTS". Choose "Maverick".
Marcia Jensen
Teacher-Librarian
Davenport West High School
jensenm@davenportschools.org<mailto:jensenm@davenportschools.org>
"...the God of the world draws near to the people of our little earth and lays
claim to us.
The coming of God is truly not only glad tidings,
but first of all frightening news for everyone who has a conscience."
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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