tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11123046.post112732192732109791..comments2023-08-10T01:09:49.154-07:00Comments on Saints and Spinners: Banned Books Week: September 24-October 1Saints and Spinnershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08532215042953620628noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11123046.post-1127507910029254822005-09-23T13:38:00.000-07:002005-09-23T13:38:00.000-07:00Milk, milk, milk in the batter!Milk, milk, milk in the batter!Lone Star Mahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14339475499304565638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11123046.post-1127488814799592832005-09-23T08:20:00.000-07:002005-09-23T08:20:00.000-07:00Lone Star Ma,ALA's Library Bill of Rights doesn't ...Lone Star Ma,<BR/>ALA's <A HREF="http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/statementspols/statementsif/librarybillrights.htm" REL="nofollow">Library Bill of Rights</A> doesn't stand up in court, and if we're subpoenaed, we are supposed to cooperate or be charged with perjury. That said, you will hear about many librarians shredding documents, deleting files, doing anything to uphold the library bill of rights. Sure, there are those who think it's fine to cover with white-out diapers the naked pictures of Mickey in Maurice Sendak's <I>In the Night Kitchen</I>, but you will find people like that in all disciplines. <BR/><BR/>On tony.dowler.com, Bede asked the following questions: <BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://tony.dowler.com/2005/09/overheard.html" REL="nofollow">If terrorists deployed a weapon of mass destruction into an American City, how much personal liberty would you be willing to forego in the aftermath? Would it make a difference if the weapon was successfully set off? Would it make a difference if it were your city where it happened?</A><BR/><BR/>I think those questions can easily be transposed to this freedom-to-read discussion that you've started. I hope others join in! Thanks, Lone Star Ma.Saints and Spinnershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04733517166056974501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11123046.post-1127486046578030482005-09-23T07:34:00.000-07:002005-09-23T07:34:00.000-07:00I can't imagine what would get those Anastasia Kru...I can't imagine what would get those Anastasia Krupnik books banned either. <BR/><BR/>I had been hoping my comment on my blog about thinking that the FBI would really be checking up on what the Lone Star Girl was checking out of the library in a few years would spark some freedom-to-read discussion, but it didn't. I am really disturbed about the powers the govt. has now to snoop on our reading and make librarians help them. What do you librarian-bloggers think of that? I heard librarians were on the forefront of the battle for this one.Lone Star Mahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14339475499304565638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11123046.post-1127356939483802802005-09-21T19:42:00.000-07:002005-09-21T19:42:00.000-07:00Thanks, Lori! I added the link to this post (givin...Thanks, Lori! I added the link to this post (giving you credit, of course.)Saints and Spinnershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04733517166056974501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11123046.post-1127338867597040162005-09-21T14:41:00.000-07:002005-09-21T14:41:00.000-07:00I love that Mark Twain quote; never saw it before....I love that Mark Twain quote; never saw it before. And "A Wrinkly in Time" was assigned to me in 4th grade and also started my lifelong love of the scifi. I read the other two books in the trilogy even though they weren't assigned; I think that's when my friends started officially referring to me as a geek. <BR/><BR/>Speaking of Nazis and book burning and quotes: there is a great memorial in Berlin to remember the fact that the Nazis started out by buring books. It's a very subtle, transclucent panel in the brick courtyard in front of a library through which you can see rows and rows of empty bookshelves with the quote "Wherever they burn books, eventually they will burn people." <BR/><BR/>Some pics: http://fcit.usf.edu/holocaust/photos/bebel/bebel.htmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11123046.post-1127324427149776082005-09-21T10:40:00.000-07:002005-09-21T10:40:00.000-07:00Among other things, I remember laughing my head of...Among other things, I remember laughing my head off at the name Anastasia planned to give her unborn sibling. Her parents told her that she could name her sibling when he was born, to help soothe her wounded feelings about having a younger sibling so late in life (she's in 5th grade). <BR/><BR/>They're worth rereading, especially the first one. I won't spoil the name for you. I do remember my 4th grade teacher reading it in class. I wonder if the reason she never finished it (and I had to go to the library for it) was because of the proposed name for the sibling.<BR/><BR/>As Martha the hippo would say, <BR/>"Tee hee."Saints and Spinnershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04733517166056974501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11123046.post-1127324220012912922005-09-21T10:37:00.000-07:002005-09-21T10:37:00.000-07:00it's been awhile since i read them...why are the a...it's been awhile since i read them...why are the anastasia krupnik books banned?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com