Librarians Banning Books? Another Take on Banned Books Week

re: Librarians Banning Books? Another Take on Banned Books Week

JoeEkaitis — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:41:45 GMT

Happy to report, not every library has a "Ban it if it ain't been reviewed!" policy:

www.amazon.com/.../PLNK30DPO4S9LV305

Oh, and if anyone would like to sample your humble author's work, here's a link to the first chapter (requires Adobe reader):

www.windriverpublishing.com/.../EX.php

And we thank 'e kindly!

re: Librarians Banning Books? Another Take on Banned Books Week

Dee — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 21:05:34 GMT

There is no reason what so ever that a book should be banned! If your a parent and you want to deside what your kid reads well thats up to you. Write down what books they want to read next time you go and do some research. Find out if thats really a book they should be reading. However what I read and what I let my children read should be no business of my librarian. If you don't want to read it... Don't! Grrr this gets me heated!!

re: Librarians Banning Books? Another Take on Banned Books Week

Celina — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 01:08:13 GMT

Our librarians buy all kinds of books, including the "famous five' series that I asked for. The teen section is full of books I don't really want to expose my 7 year old to yet, but I'm glad they will be there for him in a few years.

re: Librarians Banning Books? Another Take on Banned Books Week

JeanneSager — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:48:42 GMT

Ironically, the "publishing monopoly" guaranteed that Harry Potter made it into one local library - despite the librarian's feeling that the books promote witchcraft and aren't appropriate for children. Yes, she has kept out R.L. Stine and Captain Underpants, but she had to let Harry Potter in . . .