[aisle] Maus

Thu Feb 3 14:17:03 CST 2022

Thank you so much!

On Thu, Feb 3, 2022 at 1:50 PM Joan Bessman Taylor via AISLE <
aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> Caution is fine but self-censorship is not. Caution may mean that you
> provide some additional scaffolding for a book - opportunity to discuss it
> for instance. Or you group it with other books covering the same topics in
> a display so the student anticipates that it deals with heavy topics even
> if it is a graphic novel. We have to resist the freezing effect that
> censors count on creating. They win even if they don't get their way
> through the official channels because they cause people to act in ways that
> enable them to still get what they wanted all along. Please continue to
> resist. Your students deserve full access to ideas.
>
> I am super sorry to hear that administrations don't always have your back
> as fully as they should. We have much room for advocacy and education about
> the profession...
>
> Thank you for your work,
> Joan
> Joan Bessman Taylor (she/her)
>
> Associate Professor, MEd, MLIS, PhD
>
> Program Coordinator - School Library Studies
> Curriculum and Instruction
>
> joan.taylor at uni.edu / 319-273-2192
>
> SEC 611  /  Cedar Falls, IA 50614
>
> <https://coe.uni.edu>
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 3, 2022 at 1:00 PM Kristie Cerniglia via AISLE <
> aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>
>> Honestly, I'm not a fan of censorship, but recently I was called out by a
>> parent and didn't have the support I'm used to from admin.  Sadly, I now
>> find myself being cautious where I wasn't before.
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 3, 2022 at 12:04 PM Toner, Timothy via AISLE <
>> aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> tt
>>>
>>> Timothy Toner
>>> Librarian
>>> John Hancock College Prep HS
>>> 5437 West 64th Pl
>>> Chicago, IL 60638
>>> 773-535-2410
>>> he | him | his
>>> *Omnes mundum facimus*
>>>
>>>
>>> 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!
>>>>
>>>> Megan Flaherty
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *From:* AISLE <aisle-bounces at list.railslibraries.info> * On Behalf Of *Kristie
>>>> Cerniglia via AISLE
>>>> *Sent:* Thursday, February 3, 2022 11:46 AM
>>>> *To:* AISLE-Share: Association of Illinois School Library Educators
>>>> discussion list <aisle at list.railslibraries.info>
>>>> *Cc:* Kristie Cerniglia <kcerniglia at district31.net>
>>>> *Subject:* [aisle] Maus
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi!  Do any middle schools have Maus in your library?  A student
>>>> requested it and I'm on the fence about buying it.  Thanks!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>> Mrs. Kristie Cerniglia
>>>>
>>>> kcerniglia at district31.net
>>>>
>>>> @kcernig1
>>>>
>>>> 847-313-4466
>>>>
>>>> LMC Director
>>>>
>>>> Field Middle School
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>> --
>> Mrs. Kristie Cerniglia
>> kcerniglia at district31.net
>> @kcernig1
>> 847-313-4466
>> LMC Director
>> Field Middle School
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Mrs. Kristie Cerniglia
kcerniglia at district31.net
@kcernig1
847-313-4466
LMC Director
Field Middle School

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