[Publib] Scrota ..or whatever

[Kathleen Horan]

I read the book a couple of days ago and found it quite moving, full of the best kind of "family values," and not at all obsessed with dog scroti OR alcohol. The protagonist is intelligently inquisitive, as I imagine most kids are who pick up, read, and like this book, and the book's dilemmas are described deftly and with tender care not to say too much. 
 
As far as the hoopla over banning it, I echo the protagonist's guardian, who would say, Oh, la, la. La LA. La LA, la LA! If you don't know what I mean by that . . . read the book!
 
Kathleen P. Horan, MLS
Branch Manager
Palm View Branch Library
McAllen, TX

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From: publib-bounces at webjunction.org on behalf of John McGraw
Sent: Sat 3/3/2007 4:00 PM
To: publib at webjunction.org; Kapland54 at aol.com
Subject: [Publib] Scrota ..or whatever





Perhaps worry should be attached to a certain quality of message, rather than any and all messages? There are a lot of messages about alcohol on TV, in the movies, and at sporting events. These may not be fit for little Newberry-readers, but it doesn't follow that the subject itself should be off-limits. For example, if you are writing a book about a little girl aping the 12-step program and invoking her "higher power" to solve her particular conflict, you might need to kick start her approximation with someone cartoonishly "hitting rock bottom". I don't think the passage glorifies drinking half a gallon of rum, getting snakebit, or listening to Johnny Cash.

John McGraw
Central Arkansas Library System
jmcgraw at cals.lib.ar.us
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From: publib-bounces at webjunction.org on behalf of Sara Weissman
Sent: Sat 3/3/2007 3:20 PM
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Subject: [Publib] Scrota ..or whatever



I find it interesting that there's so much fuss about the use of the word
"scrotum" while not much discussion of the fact that the first part of the
sentence says "Sammy told of the day when he had drunk half a gallon of
rum...."
   I guess we're not worried about children getting messages about alcohol.


Karen Apland
Santa Clara County Library
Kapland54 at aol.com
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