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From: fondrie at gmail.com <fondrie>
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 19:18:19 -0500
Each semester, I present picture books for the upper grades to preservice teachers from all content areas in a Middle School Education course, and the two texts that cause the greatest stir are The Middle Passage (Tom Feelings) and It's Perfectly Normal! (Robie Harris, ill. by Michael Emberly).
Although students agree that the books are stunning and contain critical information, most of them consider the books either too controversial or too mature for classroom use. I'd be interested to hear from others who have used either book with secondary students.
Received on Wed 20 Sep 2006 07:18:19 PM CDT
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 19:18:19 -0500
Each semester, I present picture books for the upper grades to preservice teachers from all content areas in a Middle School Education course, and the two texts that cause the greatest stir are The Middle Passage (Tom Feelings) and It's Perfectly Normal! (Robie Harris, ill. by Michael Emberly).
Although students agree that the books are stunning and contain critical information, most of them consider the books either too controversial or too mature for classroom use. I'd be interested to hear from others who have used either book with secondary students.
Received on Wed 20 Sep 2006 07:18:19 PM CDT
