[LM_NET] Vent/Target: Teachers "banning" series books

[Meagan Newberry <oldberry@GMAIL.COM>]

I'm just wondering how others of you handle it when teachers tell
their kids, like one of mine did, for example: You cannot check out
any Magic Tree House or Junie B. Jones books! Find something else! In
my library's case, there is not a huge selection of books in this
reading level range (they are also unhealthily glued to AR reading
levels), so cutting out those two series severely limits my kids. When
I've asked the teachers why, they just say that that's ALL they read
and they want them to branch out. I can understand wanting to expand
their exposure, but what's wrong with an occasional Jack and Annie? Is
it not great if a kid finds something he likes and wants to read all
of it? As an adult, don't I find an author I love and then read
everything he/she has written? It might be harmless and maybe even
helpful to "force" the kids to look elsewhere, but they're already so
frustrated with our slim selection ( I'm trying to grow it...no money
and no luck) that I hate seeing them look longingly at the "Jack and
Annie" books. Advice? Thanks

-- 
Meagan Newberry, Librarian/English teacher
West Yellowstone School
West Yellowstone, MT
oldberry@gmail.com

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