Teaching Banned Books: 12 Guides for Young Readers by Pat R. Scales


Teaching Banned Books: 12 Guides for Young Readers
Title : Teaching Banned Books: 12 Guides for Young Readers
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ISBN : 0838908071
ISBN-10 : 9780838908075
Language : English
Format Type : Paperback
Number of Pages : 152
Publication : First published June 1, 2001

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 shows that there is a way to teach these books while respecting all views. The twelve books chosen for inclusion in Teaching Banned Books, all challenged at one time or another, are jumping off points for rich and engaging discussion among young readers, their librarians and teachers, and their parents. Each guide includes a summary of the novel, a pre-reading activity, tips for introducing the topic, critical-thinking discussion questions, and an annotated bibliography of related fiction and nonfiction. Describing a literature discussion program she set up as a middle school librarian, Scales

Teaching Banned Books: 12 Guides for Young Readers Reviews

  • Andrew

    The book does a good job of taking the banned/challenged books for school age kids and using them for educational purposes....the book is sort of a book group in book form (except they are only using Banned/Challenged Books)...I am glad to see that banned books are still read in many places and intellectual freedom is winning out, but yes, it is a challenge.
    The reason my rating is lower for this book is because the books (I think it's 12 in all that the author uses to discuss the various subjects of the book), because I know that there are a lot more recently challenged/banned school age kid books....Which is sad to say, but the plus side is...you can take away from this book: the discussion questions, the reader's advisory of other books that have been banned/challenged or are simply covering the same themes/subject matter.... Many of the subjects vary based (not necessarily on violence or sex, but they factor in on some of them)...but a lot of them focus either on problems that we still have today (like bullying, gangs and racism) and/or that young people encounter as they grow up (sexuality, peer pressure, death, etc.)

  • Rishika

    it was really good