[aisle] Maus

Sun Feb 6 17:25:25 CST 2022

Just wanted to share this article along. Sales have skyrocketed so great
work, everyone!

https://www.forbes.com/sites/annakaplan/2022/02/04/sales-of-maus-soar-753-in-last-week-of-january-following-ban-by-tennessee-school-district/?sh=4c6a42cc4cb7&fbclid=IwAR1aUYtLFgjnltWwxnd8mYD2V-aOmLitYCcQazw81R5sgDxw1KHazQ516o0

On Sunday, February 6, 2022, Eti Berland via AISLE <
aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> 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
>>>>> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/5437+West+64th+Pl+Chicago,+IL+60638?entry=gmail&source=g>
>>>>> Chicago, IL 60638
>>>>> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/5437+West+64th+Pl+Chicago,+IL+60638?entry=gmail&source=g>
>>>>> 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
>>
>> *If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're
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