How to Get your Children's Book Banned: Use the Word Scrotum

re: How to Get your Children's Book Banned: Use the Word Scrotum

lesley — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 22:51:23 GMT

keep in mind that the newberry award winner is chosen every year BY LIBRARIANS. not all librarians are banning this book, in fact most support it. it pisses me off that a handful of school librarians are giving the profession a bad name!

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re: How to Get your Children's Book Banned: Use the Word Scrotum

bubbles76angel — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 22:06:55 GMT

Similarly, a east coast town banned a children's book, "Baseball Saved Us" by Ken Mochizuki because it contained the word "Jap." Mr. Mochizuki used "Jap" in context of being discriminated against while growing up during World War II, when 100's of thousands of Japanese Americans were interned. He was using it as a lesson and ironically, the parents in this school district took offense at it.

re: How to Get your Children's Book Banned: Use the Word Scrotum

Sheri — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 16:39:34 GMT

Wait a second!!! Your 10 year old can look up porn at the library's computers, but doggies balls are off limits???

Who knew???

re: How to Get your Children's Book Banned: Use the Word Scrotum

Karen Murphy — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 01:56:13 GMT

Well, this story sure doesn't do much for the public's perception of librarians.

What century is this?

re: How to Get your Children's Book Banned: Use the Word Scrotum

Ellen — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 01:05:32 GMT

Actually, the character doesn't *see* the dog get bitten by the rattlesnake. The character overhears a conversation about a dog getting bitten by a rattlesnake.

Which, IMO, makes the fuss even more ridiculous.

I'm especially appaled by the explanation that no one wants to "do that vocabulary lesson" where they explain to the kids what a scrotum is. Isn't that "vocabulary lesson" part of the science and health curricula?

re: How to Get your Children's Book Banned: Use the Word Scrotum

Jason Dufair — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 00:57:21 GMT

I refuse to read my kids books that use medical terminology for body parts. Once I had one that had tibia AND fibula in it. Burned that sonofabitch.

re: How to Get your Children's Book Banned: Use the Word Scrotum

Aline — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 00:37:01 GMT

Wow! That is insane that the book got banned for referring to a dog scrotum...

And obviously that librarian is an idiot for saying 'you won’t find men’s genitalia in quality literature.' MOST quality literature revolves around male genitalia. ;)