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From: Anne Akers <anne_akers_at_ncsu.edu>
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 15:35:37 -0400
While it is appropriate timing for the upcoming Banned Book Week, this topic brings to mind a book challenge I received when I worked as an elementary school media coordinator years ago.
A grandfather wanted me to pull Rotten Ralph by Jack Gantos off our shelves because the main character, Rotten Ralph, behaved terribly and received no consequences for his bad acts. He felt there was absolutely no redeeming value to the book.
The cat in the book definitely exhibited negative behavior but the little girl in the story loved him no matter what bad things he did.
I thought this was a powerful message for children to understand that they could be lovable even when their behavior was not so lovable. Fortunately my committee agreed with me and the book remained on the shelf. Interestingly and sadly, the grandfather exhibited his own brand of negative behavior when he didn't get his way and eventually forbid his 2nd grade granddaughter from using our school library media center.
Anne
Anne Trice T. Akers, Ph.D. Director, CED Media Center Adjunct Assistant Professor Curriculum, Instruction, & Counselor ED NC State University 400 Poe Hall, Campus Box 7801 Raleigh, NC 27695 anne_akers_at_ncsu.edu 919.515.3191 http://ced.ncsu.edu/medctr
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From: Megan Schliesman To:"ccbc-net, Subscribers of" Date: 9/16/2011 9:20 AM Subject:
Great Expectations Thanks to those of you who shared some of your favorite "School Stories' in the first part of September. The CCBC also has a bibliography on this topic that we created over the summer. You can check it out at:
It's time to move on to our topic for the second part of September: Great Expectations.
Some books offer great examples of positive—or negative—behaviors. Whether they are funny or poignant, books that honestly and authentically depict characters at their best or their worst offer great opportunities to talk about (or quietly model) behavior and expectations. What are books you've found helpful in affirming your own great expectations for kids in the classroom, in the library, and beyond?
The idea for this discussion topic grew out of meetings we had this summer with a couple of wonderful Wisconsin teachers who spent several days at the CCBC looking at books through the lens of RTI (Response to Intervention) needs. In addition to the reading/literacy component of RTI, they talked about the behavioral component, and the need for books that model or create openings for conversations about behavior and expectations.
(Several years ago CCBC librarian Merri LIndgren created a bibliography for preschool/early childhood teachers called "Great Expectations." Check it out at:
Megan
-- Megan Schliesman, Librarian Cooperative Children's Book Center School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison 600 N. Park Street, Room 4290 Madison, WI 53706
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 15:35:37 -0400
While it is appropriate timing for the upcoming Banned Book Week, this topic brings to mind a book challenge I received when I worked as an elementary school media coordinator years ago.
A grandfather wanted me to pull Rotten Ralph by Jack Gantos off our shelves because the main character, Rotten Ralph, behaved terribly and received no consequences for his bad acts. He felt there was absolutely no redeeming value to the book.
The cat in the book definitely exhibited negative behavior but the little girl in the story loved him no matter what bad things he did.
I thought this was a powerful message for children to understand that they could be lovable even when their behavior was not so lovable. Fortunately my committee agreed with me and the book remained on the shelf. Interestingly and sadly, the grandfather exhibited his own brand of negative behavior when he didn't get his way and eventually forbid his 2nd grade granddaughter from using our school library media center.
Anne
Anne Trice T. Akers, Ph.D. Director, CED Media Center Adjunct Assistant Professor Curriculum, Instruction, & Counselor ED NC State University 400 Poe Hall, Campus Box 7801 Raleigh, NC 27695 anne_akers_at_ncsu.edu 919.515.3191 http://ced.ncsu.edu/medctr
"All electronic mail messages in connection with State business which are sent to or received by this account are subject to the NC Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties.”
From: Megan Schliesman To:"ccbc-net, Subscribers of" Date: 9/16/2011 9:20 AM Subject:
Great Expectations Thanks to those of you who shared some of your favorite "School Stories' in the first part of September. The CCBC also has a bibliography on this topic that we created over the summer. You can check it out at:
It's time to move on to our topic for the second part of September: Great Expectations.
Some books offer great examples of positive—or negative—behaviors. Whether they are funny or poignant, books that honestly and authentically depict characters at their best or their worst offer great opportunities to talk about (or quietly model) behavior and expectations. What are books you've found helpful in affirming your own great expectations for kids in the classroom, in the library, and beyond?
The idea for this discussion topic grew out of meetings we had this summer with a couple of wonderful Wisconsin teachers who spent several days at the CCBC looking at books through the lens of RTI (Response to Intervention) needs. In addition to the reading/literacy component of RTI, they talked about the behavioral component, and the need for books that model or create openings for conversations about behavior and expectations.
(Several years ago CCBC librarian Merri LIndgren created a bibliography for preschool/early childhood teachers called "Great Expectations." Check it out at:
Megan
-- Megan Schliesman, Librarian Cooperative Children's Book Center School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison 600 N. Park Street, Room 4290 Madison, WI 53706
---Received on Mon 19 Sep 2011 03:35:37 PM CDT
