These bookmarks would offer a warning is an article about a Guilderland Public Library trustee who wants teen materials with racy content to be labeled with a bright orange sticker that says “PG rec.” or Parental Guidance recommended.
For my teen section, I can only imagine how many orange stickers I would need and how few of the books would be left unadorned! I think that the library director in the article makes great points about sexual content not being the only concern people may have as well as the lack of complaints she has gotten about the collection.
This is one of those horrible things that can suddenly happen in a public library when an adult feels that kids need to be protected from their own books. I only hope that the library can stay strong in the face of this and that more sensible board members and community residents will step forward and fight.
Month: June 2005
Going to Prom
Sideways takes on prom — from misfits to mosh pits is a look at three of the recent YA novels that deal with prom: Prom by Laurie Halse Anderson, 24 Girls in 7 Days by Alex Bradley, and Mosh Pit by Kristyn Dunnion.
CCBC Graphic Novel Booklist
The CCBC now offers a Booklist of Graphic Novels for Children’s and Young Adult Library Collections. The bibliography is for building graphic novel collections in both public and school libraries. I appreciate the fact that there is a lengthy list of titles for elementary age kids as well as lists for middle school and high school age.
Artemis Fowl Article
Fairies, farting fire Irish author’s imagination – Yahoo! News is a nice look at how Colfer started his Artemis Fowl series and the fame it has brought him.
“Eoin Colfer planned to write a small picture book about a lost leprechaun, but it became a fast-paced adventure about a child criminal mastermind, a fairy police squad and a farting dwarf.”
Waking Brain Cells 