Our librarian mentioned a movement again this series also. She said the first ones were not supposed to be so blatantly opposed to religion but the most current one is? I have not read them and know nothing about them, but there must definitely be some kind of movement going on there too.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Heather Poland Sent: Friday, November 23, 2007 10:47 AM To: A list for improving literacy with focus on middle grades. Subject: Re: [LIT] Banning Books Still a American Tradition! Oh my gosh! That is horrible!! I can't believe he was fired! I wonder if the union is doing anything about it? And I agree - it really makes me mad when people want to ban things without reading them. I was forwarded an email about the movie The Golden Compass (which is of course one of my all time favorite books), and it was saying not to let your kids watch it or read it because it was against religion. This was also posted on a chatboard and a lot of the parents based their whole decision off of this one opinion - without having read it! And even though at the _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive
