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(From School Library Journal)
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Should Demco start selling discreet brown wrappers?
From the (London) Times Online:
How judging a book by its ‘girlie’ cover is putting boys off reading.
I'm slightly embarrassed to say that I never saw this downside to the vibrant new book covers that have been appearing over the past few years. I knew there were a lot of girls who would automatically grab a book with a Barbie-pink cover, but I didn't think about all the boys who were alienated by those covers. Then again, I think Saffy's Angel would be a hard book to sell to a boy regardless.
How judging a book by its ‘girlie’ cover is putting boys off reading.
I'm slightly embarrassed to say that I never saw this downside to the vibrant new book covers that have been appearing over the past few years. I knew there were a lot of girls who would automatically grab a book with a Barbie-pink cover, but I didn't think about all the boys who were alienated by those covers. Then again, I think Saffy's Angel would be a hard book to sell to a boy regardless.
Friday, September 21, 2007
Interesting censorship story.
A high school student in Alabama has checked out the book Sandpiper, by Ellen Wittlinger, and refuses to return it, claiming that it is too explicit for a school audience.
Read more at School Library Journal.
The interesting this is that I had never heard of this book before this kerfuffle, but now I have, and so have thousands of other people. These things tend to backfire.
Read more at School Library Journal.
The interesting this is that I had never heard of this book before this kerfuffle, but now I have, and so have thousands of other people. These things tend to backfire.
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