Pat R. Scales
Author of Books Under Fire: A Hit List of Banned and Challenged Children's Books
About the Author
Pat R. Scales is a retired middle and high school librarian whose program Communicate through Literature was featured on the Today show and in various professional journals. She has been actively involved with ALA's Intellectual Freedom Committee for a number of years, is a member of the Freedom to show more Read Foundation, serves on the Council of Advisers of the National Coalition against Censorship, and acts as a spokesperson for first-amendment issues as they relate to children and young adults. show less
Works by Pat R. Scales
Protecting Intellectual Freedom in Your School Library : Scenarios from the Front Lines (2009) 11 copies
Common Core Standards and Banned Books Week: A Thematic Guide to Introducing Banned and Challenged Books in the Classroom (2014) 7 copies
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As promised by the title, this book contains 12 strategies to use when working with middle school students. The first strategy pertains to studying the First Amendment; the remaining 11 are about particular books, specifically books that have been challenged or considered controversial because they cover topics like racism, death, etc. Each strategy comes with a brief summary, ideas for related activities to further explore the concepts, deep discussion questions, and annotated show more bibliographies of other novels (and occasionally also nonfiction books) on similar topics for further reading. All in all, this seems like a useful book for junior high school teachers, although less useful for librarians (despite the author being a school librarian and the book being published by the American Library Association). One downside is that the strategies all cover books that are rather old (several were books I had read in middle school), and even the books mentioned in the bibliographies weren't all that recently published. It's not bad to appreciate the "oldies but goodies" but it would be nice to have an update of more contemporary works that kids are reading right now. show less
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I'm now looking forward to reading, w/the Newbery Club, [b:The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963|108077|The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963|Christopher Paul Curtis|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1320496341s/108077.jpg|4593761], as it looks engaging, not just earnest. A 'related title' is also going on my list: [b:The Starplace|1071540|The Starplace|Vicki show more Grove|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1442037070s/1071540.jpg|1058229]. And a few more.
A terrific resource for beleaguered children's advocates, not just librarians but also teachers, parents, and even children themselves. More fiction titles are listed in the first appendix, stories about censorship. Then there are non-fiction titles and other resources. Highly recommended reference & resource. show less
I'm now looking forward to reading, w/the Newbery Club, [b:The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963|108077|The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963|Christopher Paul Curtis|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1320496341s/108077.jpg|4593761], as it looks engaging, not just earnest. A 'related title' is also going on my list: [b:The Starplace|1071540|The Starplace|Vicki show more Grove|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1442037070s/1071540.jpg|1058229]. And a few more.
A terrific resource for beleaguered children's advocates, not just librarians but also teachers, parents, and even children themselves. More fiction titles are listed in the first appendix, stories about censorship. Then there are non-fiction titles and other resources. Highly recommended reference & resource. show less
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