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[CCBC-Net] article in the new yorker about lucky's topi

From: mlgav
Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2007 21:08:34 -0800 (PST)

thought this was pretty funny..

...A children?s book that included the word ?scrotum? was recently the subject of great controversy in school libraries nationwide. A Google search has discovered several more questionable titles and excerpts from other works intended for readers twelve and under.

http://www.newyorker.com/shouts/content/articles/070312sh_shouts_rudnick

~~~~~~~ mary gavlik library media specialist chuckey-doak middle school afton, tn 37616




~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You see, I don't believe that libraries should be drab places where people sit in silence, and that's been the main reason for our policy of employing wild animals as librarians.
? Monty Python skit


 
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Received on Wed 07 Mar 2007 11:08:34 PM CST