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	Teaching Banned Books: 12 Guides for Young Readers Pat R. Scales Item Number: 978-0-8389-0807-5   Publisher: ALA Editions Price: $30.00		Order Options:       Qty:
136 pages 6" x 9" Softcover ISBN-13: 978-0-8389-0807-5 Year Published: 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 featured 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. Armed with award-winning books that kids love, you will: Stimulate critical-thinking in reading. Encourage freedom of thought and expression. Integrate 1st Amendment principles into project-based social studies and language arts. Communicate the value of banned books to administrators and challengers. There's a win-win way of teaching banned books, and Pat Scales shares it in this brilliant handbook for educators and school librarians who serve today's young readers. FOREWORD by Judy Blume PREFACE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS PART ONE: The First Amendment, Censorship, and Intellectual Freedom Strategy 1 Studying the First Amendment Strategy 2 Places I Never Meant to Be, edited by Judy Blume PART TWO: The Bully and the Outcasts Strategy 3 Blubber, by Judy Blume STtrategy 4 The Goats, by Brock Cole Strategy 5 Summer Triology: One Fat Summer, Summer Rules, and The Summerboy, by Robert Lipsyte PART THREE: Racism, Bigotry, and Civil Rights Strategy 6 Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, by Mildred D. Taylor 1977 NEWBERY MEDAL Strategy 7 The Watsons Go to Birmingham, 1963, by Christopher Paul Curtis 1996 NEWBERY HONOR BOOK PART FOUR: Reality, Secrets, and the Imagination Strategy 8 Bridge to Terabithia, by Katherine Paterson 1978 NEWBERY MEDAL Strategy 9 I Will Call It Georgie's Blues, by Suzanne Newton PART FIVE: Other Worlds, Other Cultures, and Other Times Strategy 10 The Giver, by Lois Lowry 1994 NEWBERY MEDAL Strategy 11 Julie of the Wolves, by Jean Craighead George 1973 NEWBERY MEDAL Strategy 12 My Brother Sam Is Dead, by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier 1975 NEWBERY MEDAL BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX About the Author Pat R. Scales is director of library services at the South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts. She spent 28 years as a middle school librarian and has taught children's literature at Furman University since 1976. She received ALA's Grolier Foundation Award in 1997, and was honored with the AASL/SIRS Intellectual Freedom Award in 1983. She more recently was named one of the five most influential librarians in the 20th century in South Carolina. Scales served as chair of the 1992 Newbery Award Committee and of the 2001 Laura Ingalls Wilder Committee. Reviews “Scales argues persuasively...Teaching banned books is a welcome addition to the literature about controversial books.” —Journal of Children’s Literature “This book can serve as a springboard for class discussions, staff development for administrators and teachers, and for parent groups. It can also reinforce the courage of those who work with young people to provide avenues for them to practice this important right.” —School Library Journal “'a rich resource in a concise format'” —VOYA “'an impressive, informative, challenging, effective, thought-provoking, and highly recommended approach to a difficult, endemic, and controversial subject.'” —Midwest Book Review “When Judy Blume says “Bravo!“ to an author in a book’s foreword, librarians should take notice. And this very useful book certainly deserves the accolades that Blume gives.” —Public Libraries