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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455649903321

Autore

Scales Pat

Titolo

Teaching banned books [[electronic resource] ] : 12 guides for young readers / / Pat R. Scales

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, : American Library Association, 2001

ISBN

0-8389-9885-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (96 p.)

Disciplina

098/.1/071

Soggetti

Challenged books - United States

Children's literature, American - Study and teaching (Middle school) - United States

Freedom of speech - Study and teaching (Middle school) - United States

Middle school libraries - Activity programs - United States

Middle school students - Books and reading - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 123-126) and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; FIGURES; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 1 What's So Good about the Internet?; 2 What Teens Want on the Internet; 3 Creating a Library Website for Teens; 4 Making It Happen; URL INDEX; Appendixes; SUBJECT INDEX;

Sommario/riassunto

Who hasn't read Blubber? And yet, published in 1974 and a New York Times 'Outstanding Book', it remains one of the 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books and is kept out of many school libraries. As a standard-bearer for intellectual freedom, the school librarian is in an ideal position to collaborate with teachers to not only protect the freedom to read but also ensure that valued books with valuable lessons are not quarantined from the readers for whom they were written. In this classroom- and library-ready book of discussion guides, award-winning champion of children's literature Pat Scales s