[aisle] Maus

Sun Feb 6 11:52:28 CST 2022

Thank you so much for all of your hard work to ensure young people have
access to this important and powerful book.

I wanted to share an event that I thought y'all would be interested in,
which hopefully will offer more tools and support for providing access to
Maus.

The author of Maus, Art Spielgelman, is taking part in a live webinar on
Monday, Feb. 7 at 6pm CST.
More information and registration here:
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_2cnmIHy5Q9GingVH_JsHRQ?fbclid=IwAR2UoRyhBP-T6zHhG-VdVxTr8GOMCiO3qV2CV5laMkbc0EbEHKPyQg2lgzo

Thank you,

-Eti

On Thu, Feb 3, 2022 at 2:17 PM Kristie Cerniglia via AISLE <
aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> 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!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
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