[aisle] [External] 2021 Caudills

Mon Mar 23 19:10:26 CDT 2020

I am in elementary and I usually have a few Caudill's I do not order for my
K-5 school. The 2021 list I have not ordered Drum Roll, Please, The Only
Road, and Long Way Down, but I have ordered the other 17 titles.

Karyn Nadler

Karyn Nadler, MLIS
Library Media Specialist
Robert Crown School
Wauconda, IL 60084

Phone (847) 526-7100
Fax (847) 487-3596

On Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 3:18 PM Vicki Pietrus via AISLE <
aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> I'm not middle school/elementary, but I'd co-sign what Jeanne said. I've
> recommended *Drum Roll, Please* to some high schoolers, and even for
> them, it was an important book since it depicted a (somewhat) positive
> coming out experience for a 13-year-old. I think a story about coming out
> at age 13 should be for ages 11 and up (younger if they express an interest
> in LGBT stories/coming out stories). I realize Caudill is grades 4-8, but
> like you mentioned, Stephanie, some things that an 8th grader is going to
> read is going to be different than a 4th.
>
> On Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 2:55 PM Jeanne Brucher via AISLE <
> aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>
>> I encourage students and parents to look at the original list printed by
>> the committee that has grade recommendations for the titles. Drum Roll,
>> Please is recommended for grades 5-8.  Drum Roll, Please has been a very
>> important read to some of my middle school girls. Let’s not prevent such
>> books from being on the list because of Santa Claus. Maybe kids in 3-5
>> should consider reading Bluestems instead.  I am our middle school
>> librarian and read all of the Caudills each spring and make recommendations
>> to the elementary purchaser on titles that are more elementary versus those
>> that are more solidly middle school.
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 2:39 PM Stephanie Flott via AISLE <
>> aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>>
>>> I figured I would take advantage of my time at home to read as many of
>>> next years Caudill books as I could. I was a little shocked when I got to
>>> page 4 of Drum Roll, Please when the author mentions the truth about Santa
>>> Claus. My daughter will be in 4th grade next year and still believes along
>>> with many other students in her class. As a parent, I would be very
>>> disappointed if my child had to learn about Santa from a book.
>>>
>>> I’ve never been one to sensor the Caudill books I put in the library
>>> (with the exception of a few TEEN labels for books that I believe need a
>>> more mature audience). How would you handle this book in your libraries?
>>> Just trying to be proactive.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Stephanie Flott
>>>
>>>
>>> --
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>> Jeanne Brucher
>> Librarian, Teaching and Learning Team Co-Leader
>> GMS Student Council Advisor, GHS Speech Team Advisor
>> jbrucher at geneseoschools.org
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