[ISLMA-Share] Read Across America - To Seuss or not to Seuss?

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We ventured away from Dr. Seuss last year, not because of his work, but
mostly because we do a whole theme week centered around RAA week, and the
teachers were a little tired of years and years of Seuss. Last year we did
a Mo Willems week, and this year we are either going to focus on poetry or
biographies. We have dress-up days, door decorating, and trivia contests.

Tonya Tjarks
Library Media Specialist
Apollo School
ttjarks at emsd63.org


On Thu, Feb 1, 2018 at 11:20 AM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> One of my college professors back in the 1980's pointed out that "And to
> think that I saw it on Mulberry Street" was sexist ("even Jane could think
> of that").  If you love Dr. Seuss, enjoy Dr. Seuss.  The students don't
> (probably) think of their books that way unless someone tells them to.
>
> We are doing a Seuss themes family reading night (as voted for by the
> teachers, not just me) this year.
>
> On Thu, Feb 1, 2018 at 11:01 AM, Email list for the Illinois School
> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>
>> Hi all!
>>
>> There was controversy over Dr. Seuss last fall (librarian in MA said no
>> to Mrs. Trump's book donation - saying Dr. was racist....), and some
>> rumblings of changing the Read Across America (Mar 2) author. Is anyone
>> doing something different, and can share?
>>
>> Thank you,
>> Neha Thakkar
>> Library Resource Information Specialist
>> mrsthakkar2014 at gmail.com
>> The Avery Coonley School
>> Downers Grove, IL
>> Follow @MrsThakkar
>>
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