Re: [LM_NET] TAR:Book Challenge: My Weird School series by Dan Gutman

[Barbara Kennedy <bkennedy57@GMAIL.COM>]

Funny you should mention this series. I recently suggested it, along with
several other series types of books to our third graders.

One idea to help ally the fears of the parent wanting to remove the books,
might be to show the author's web page: http://www.dangutman.com/
Perhaps if they knew a little more about the author and the award winning
books they've done, it might give them a different perspective. Gutman
mentions the series was inspired by his daughter and one of his goals as an
author is to get kids to read. For reluctant readers, they are pretty
engaging.

Good luck.

Barbara Kennedy
LMS student
Salem State College, Salem, MA

On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 9:17 PM, Angie Slate <amslate@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello all,  Has anyone had a challenge or any parent complaints about the
> My
> Weird School series by Dan Gutman?  I have the unusual situation of having
> one parent wanting the series removed and another parent wanting them to
> remain.  Any help or comments would be appreciated. I'm in a K-3 school.
> TIA!
>
> --
> Angie Slate
> Elementary Librarian
> Pottsboro, TX
> amslate@gmail.com
>
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