Canon, Censorship, Stereotypes
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Special Section: ALAN 16.3 (Spring 1989). Censorship: How to Avoid it.
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1171. Adams, Karen. "The'Born Again'Phenomenon and Children's Books." CLAQ 14.1 (Spring 1989): 5-9. [The increasing visibility of fundamentalist groups and television evangelists has resulted in religious practices being portrayed more frequently and more realistically, "complete with failures, flaws, and hucksters." Adams examines recent novels by M.E. Kerr, Katherine Paterson, and Cynthia Rylant.]
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1172. Alexander, J. Estill, C. Glennon Rowell, and Betty S. Heathington. "Coping with Textbook Controversies: From Policy Development to Implementation." Book Research Quarterly 5.2 (Summer 1989): 51-64. [How schools can cope with the increasing effort to modify or censor books.]
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1173. Bacon, Betty. "'I Play It Cool and Dig All Jive': Languages in Children's Books." Bacon 229-40. [An argument for a diversity of languages, including Black English and academic White English, to be presented to all children.]
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1174. Blishen, E. "Questions of Judgement." International Review of Children's Literature and Librarianship 3.2 (Summer 1988): 84-95. [On the difficulty of deciding whether the best new novels will appeal to the young.]
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1175. Body, W. "Do You Censor Children's Reading Matter?" Child Education (Oct 1989): 11. [Criticizes excluding witchcraft and magic and the opposition to reading scheme materials.] S.G.R.
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1176. Burress, Lee. Battle of the Books: Literary Censorship in the Public Schools, 1950-1985. Scarecrow, 1989. 385 p. bibl., index. Rev. Bertha M. Cheatham, "Censorship Retrospective," School Library Journal 35.12 (Aug 1989): 88. [Particulars on 900 titles; includes factors like different economic levels, life styles, regionalism. Bibliography is extensive.] E.F.
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1177. Bushey, Tahirih and Richard Martin. "Stuttering in Children's Literature." Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools 19.3 (July 1988): 235-50. [Brief reviews of 20 works in which a character stutters. Discussed are ways in which author portrays the stuttering.]
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1178. Children's Books Bulletin Editors. "Censorship or Selection? A British View." Bacon 32-35. Rpt. from Children's Books Bulletin 3 (Spring, 1980): 2-3. [Discusses limits placed on writers for children by publishers and by the demands of the marketplace. CBB, a journal about children's literature devoted to working people, is no longer published.]
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1179. DelFattore, Joan. "Religious Implications of Children's Literature as Viewed by Religious Fundamentalists: The Mozert Case." CLAQ 14.1 (Spring 1989): 9-13. [A valuable clarification of the issues in the most comprehensive American federal court case dealing with religious objections to children's literature to date. The case illustrates not only the range of objections but the complex implications of such objections in a pluralistic society.]
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1180. De Nooy, W. "Literary Prizes: Their Role in the Making of Children's Literature." Poetics 18.1/2 (April 1989): 199-213. [Taking the prizes presented for Dutch children's books 1955-85, notes a progressive narrowing of judgment and the shift from "pedagogic" standards (pre-1970) to primarily literary considerations in tandem with the growing interest of academics in children's books.]
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1181. Ecroyd, Catherine Ann. "Teaching a Frequently Censored Book—Go Ask Alice: A forgotten Classic Remembered." ALAN 16.3 (Spring 1989): 52, 60. [Ecroyd argues that in spite of the "far more conservative atmosphere in adolescent literature" this 1971 anonymous book is highly relevant today.] C.A.
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1182. Fritchie, Patricia P. "Impact of Censorship Cases on Basal Reader Selection and Reading Curriculum." Book Research Quarterly 5.2 (Summer 1989): 65-70. [Report on censorship cases in Florida, Alabama, and Tennessee with recommendations for action by those interested in intellectual freedom.]
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1183. Gallo, Donald. "YA Authors and Books Worth Fighting For: Who Are the Most Important YA Authors?" ALAN 16.3 (Spring 1989): 18-20. [As part of a project to compile a collection of brief biographies of YA authors, Gallo weighted the rankings of 33 respondents to create a list of 100 important YA authors.] C.A.
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1184. Goodman, Jan M. "From Lemonade Stands to Wall Street: Children's Books' Messages About the Economy...
