[aisle] Maus

[Joan Bessman Taylor]

I would like to thank Timothy Toner for sharing his personal experience with Maus. These are the stories that need to be told at School Board meetings around the country. Reading is personal and life changing. Sometimes it may invite consideration of unthinkable and painful things but that is how we travel from darkness to light. Avoiding the truth does no one any good. I hope that you share your stories with your students, too.

Glad y’all are out there doing this important work,
Joan

Joan Bessman Taylor, PhD
Associate Professor
School Library Studies
University of Northern Iowa

> On Feb 3, 2022, at 12:04 PM, Toner, Timothy via AISLE <aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
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> Maus made me understand my father.  He was born in Cicero, IL in 1931. He would scream at us if we dared to scrape anything from the serving bowl into the garbage, even if it was only three peas.  He would never throw away jars or plastic bags, and was at times completely incomprehensible.  Then, while reading Maus, I noted a similar moment between Art and his father, and I realized, "They both grew up in the Great Depression!"  Suddenly all these little quirks made sense to me, and I was able to anticipate things that might send him into a rage.  My father is currently 90, and Maus transformed my relationship with him.  To ban it over language and "mouse nudity" is highly problematic.
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> Timothy Toner
> Librarian 
> John Hancock College Prep HS
> 5437 West 64th Pl
> Chicago, IL 60638
> 773-535-2410
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>> On Thu, Feb 3, 2022 at 11:53 AM Flaherty, Megan via AISLE <aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>> Yes, we have several copies. I don’t think it is any more graphic than any other book about the truths of the Holocaust. I read it in Language Arts in 6th grade and it made a big impact on me. Get this book in your students’ hands!
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>> Megan Flaherty
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>> From: AISLE <aisle-bounces at list.railslibraries.info> On Behalf Of Kristie Cerniglia via AISLE
>> Sent: Thursday, February 3, 2022 11:46 AM
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>> Cc: Kristie Cerniglia <kcerniglia at district31.net>
>> Subject: [aisle] Maus
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>> Hi!  Do any middle schools have Maus in your library?  A student requested it and I'm on the fence about buying it.  Thanks!
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>> Mrs. Kristie Cerniglia
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