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<blockquote data-quote="KTMom91" data-source="post: 309066" data-attributes="member: 4040"><p>As a serious book junkie, I'm hopping on this bandwagon.</p><p></p><p>School libraries should carry books that are age appropriate for their students. What's appropriate for a high school library is not appropriate for an elementary school library. Around here, the school librarians are really good at helping the kids find a book that meets their reading and maturity levels.</p><p></p><p>Several years ago, I got into a loud discussion (at church, no less) about the relative merits of The Lord of the Rings vs. Harry Potter. The other guy said HP was demonic, and was banned in his house, while TLOTR was good, because the man who wrote it was a Christian. I pointed out that both contained magical objects, both contained spells and incantations, both had mystical lands, and the only difference I could see was that HP was considerably more interesting that TLOTR. </p><p></p><p>Even if something is banned at the public library, Borders or Barnes & Noble will carry it. Librarians should make you want to read, not try to stop it. Personally, if someone tells me I can't read something, it makes me want to read it all the more.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KTMom91, post: 309066, member: 4040"] As a serious book junkie, I'm hopping on this bandwagon. School libraries should carry books that are age appropriate for their students. What's appropriate for a high school library is not appropriate for an elementary school library. Around here, the school librarians are really good at helping the kids find a book that meets their reading and maturity levels. Several years ago, I got into a loud discussion (at church, no less) about the relative merits of The Lord of the Rings vs. Harry Potter. The other guy said HP was demonic, and was banned in his house, while TLOTR was good, because the man who wrote it was a Christian. I pointed out that both contained magical objects, both contained spells and incantations, both had mystical lands, and the only difference I could see was that HP was considerably more interesting that TLOTR. Even if something is banned at the public library, Borders or Barnes & Noble will carry it. Librarians should make you want to read, not try to stop it. Personally, if someone tells me I can't read something, it makes me want to read it all the more. [/QUOTE]
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