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NOVEMBER 20, 2009
New Moon on the rise
Did anyone else hear that New Moon was coming out in theaters tonight? Of course you did! No one can escape the Twilight vortex. I have not read New Moon. I did listen to Twilight (you can see my post from July). I also tried to watch the movie Twilight. I thought I would like the movie since I assumed it would have all sorts of cool special effects. Alas, I did not like the movie any better than the book – don’t hate me! I thought the Cullen’s face make-up was way too white and powdery looking, and the special effects, especially during the sparkling in the sun scene, was L-A-M-E.
I think this is as sparkly as it got folks:
Seriously? No one knows these people are vampires?!?! Look how pale they are:
Talk amongst co-workers this morning informed me that there is a new director for New Moon, so maybe New Moon will be better. I know that Jacob Black will play a huge role in this movie…and he’ll be mostly shirtless, thereby ensuring lots of teenage girl appeal. In the end I’m not sure if it matters how good or bad the movie is, I think it will draw huge crowds and make mountains of money anyways. I DO want to see the new movie Precious, based on the book Push, by Sapphire.
Wow, I sure sound negative. Let me try to lighten this post up a bit… Happy Friday everyone! The sun is out! Have a great weekend!
----------------------------------------------------------------- NOVEMBER 18, 2009
NaNoWriMo
November is national novel writing month. For us readers and authors, this is exciting. I do wonder whose idea it was to put this important event during the same month that contains Thanksgiving, wouldn’t say… January, February or March have been better? Still, for several years now an online community has developed over this auspicious event. Nanowrimo.org What is NaNoWriMo.org? An international, online community dedicated to “a fun, seat-of-your-pants approach to novel writing.” Those who are brave sign up (for free) at the website and begin writing on November 1. The goal is to write a 175-page (50,000-word) novel by midnight, November 30. Thousands have participated; in fact some published novels have even been born this way. (Perhaps you’ve heard of Sara Gruen’s Water For Elephants?) As of this writing, the word count for 2009 is: 1,315,967,901 with 12 more days to go! Those who sign up at the website and reach the goal of 50,000 words by the end of the month receive a certificate praising them for their task. Sadly, I did sign up but have not submitted a word. Maybe next year. But to all the authors out there and future authors out there – hat’s off and Happy November! If you'd like a good novel to read or help with the novel your writing don't forget us here at the Library!
----------------------------------------------------------------- NOVEMBER 15, 2009
What Famous Author?
What famous author? 1.created the ToysRUs Kids campaign Bonus: wrote an estimated 100,000 letters of which 20,000 still survive today I hope you had as much fun as me trying to answer these questions. If you don't know the answers you can find them in a gem of a book just added to our collection: Under the Covers and Between the Sheets: The Inside Story Behind Classic Characters, Authors, Unforgettable Phrases, and Unexpected Endings Bonus H.P. Lovecraft
----------------------------------------------------------------- NOVEMBER 13, 2009
All shiny and new…
Lately, it seems like every time I turn around I hear about a new book coming out that I want to read. Good thing I go to the library a lot!
Right now I am in the middle of reading Bicycle Diaries, the new book by David Byrne (of the Talking Heads). His writing chronicles years of riding his bike through the cities he is visiting; Zadie Smith has just come out with a new book, Changing My Mind: Occasional Essays. I LOVED White Teeth, and I can’t wait to read this new collection of essays by her!
I’m not sure what to think about this one. On the one hand I was really excited to hear Jonathan Safran Foer was coming out with a new book, his book Extreamly Loud, Incredibly Close is probably in my top 10 favorite books of all time. BUT, this new one Eating Animals, is all about his struggle between being an ominove and vegetarian. I have read some good reviews, but often I find it hard to stick with non-fiction, even if I’m interested in the topic. If I do end up reading it, I'll be sure to post what I think. We just got this one at the library - Nubs: The True Story of a Mutt, an Marine & a Miracle,
Anything new coming out that you are looking forward to reading? Let me know!
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Jerry, Jerry Who?
Bruckheimer, Bruckheimer, Bruckheimer, that is! Sources used for this blog entry: Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Gale, 2009. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BioRC
----------------------------------------------------------------- NOVEMBER 6, 2009
Hog Blog
Pigs have been getting a bad rap lately. The pork industry reports a major drop in sales due to the public's fear of catching ‘swine flu’ from eating pork. There is no evidence that you can get H1N1 from pork, but of course, that that hasn’t stopped people from worrying about it. Anyways, in light of all the bad press for piggies, I figured I would try to boost their reputation by suggesting some NICE pig stories! Some of my very favorite picture books of all time feature pigs:
Don't worry...Gerald the Elephant DOESN'T have swine flu:
Gotta love Olivia:
Little Oink hates to get dirty...poor Little Oink:
Two twists on the classic story:
This week the first reported case of a cat with H1NI hit the media: Hopefully, no one panics, but if they do I’ll be back next week with some cute kitty stories!
----------------------------------------------------------------- NOVEMBER 4, 2009
Happy Anniversary, Sesame Street!
I am a first generation of Sesame Street visitors, which is perhaps why when I logged into Google today to see Big Bird’s feet, I was quite excited. Immediately rolling my mouse over the image to see what was up, I learned the news: 40 years and my has the franchise grown. Still, just seeing those two big orange feet I was there. “TEN CHOCOLATE CREAM PIES!!!!!” “COOKIE!” I immediately thought of my old friends, Oscar, Snuffy and Grover. I was pre Elmo, and in truth, I’m not a fan. With this news, I traveled to the Sesame Street website. This too was not what I expected, and quickly clicked on the 40th Anniversary news article. There, I learned that on November 10, 2009 (the true anniversary of the date the show first aired) Sesame Street will show a make over: “When you turn on your TV on November 10,” says Executive Producer Carol-Lynn Parente, “you’ll see a brand-new and spectacularly beautiful opening sequence. We’re also launching an entirely new format for the show — the magazine format of Sesame Street, which has been evolving over the years, has been officially replaced with what we’re calling a ‘block’ format. And it’s just wonderful.” … The new block format emulates children’s current television experience, Parente explains. “When the show first started [on November 10, 1969], we followed what was on the air at the time, so we used the techniques of commercials and variety shows to teach children. These days, however, there are entire networks devoted to preschool programming, and our show is an hour long, which is unique in preschool programming. So we thought, our hour really is a block of preschool programming, so let’s look at it that way.” The site showed a preview. The format didn’t work for me. But I suppose 40 years and 122 Emmy Awards, they know what they’re doing. I hope. Elmo is annoying; this is not how I’d like my children to behave. It was not my Street any more Perhaps I’m just too old to ‘get it,’ but one of these things was definitely NOT like the others. If you’d like to get to Sesame Street – start at your library!  Street gang : the complete history of Sesame Street / Michael Davis.
----------------------------------------------------------------- NOVEMBER 2, 2009
Fall Back!
Fall back, spring forward, I'm definitely not as bouncy as I used to be. Ok, so you're supposed to change the clocks back an hour this past Sunday morning at 2AM. Now how many of us actually stay up until 2 o'clock to set all the clocks back? Some of us will set them back before we go to bed and others will wait until we get up in the morning. Of course, the trick it to know who did what, and that everyone in the house is on the same page. Otherwise it can get quite confusing as to the true time. Yeah, I like the idea of an extra hour, but what do I really do with it. And then you have those clocks that set themselves ahead and back, only they did it last week or someother time that's in their original configuration before the dates to change were changed yet again. Saturday night found me fighting sleep at my normal bedtime. I always figure I'll split the difference and try to hang in the extra half hour and then go to bed. I didn't quite make it. And then Sunday morning I was up an hour early, not only because my brain is still on the old time but because the sun is shining and the crows are cawing outside my window a whole hour earlier. If you have babies you're really in a bind. When mine were little, I used to try to trick them with the half hour scenario. Ha, didn't fool them either and they pretty much stayed on the their old time schedule. As they got older I found that a few minutes here and a few minutes there worked far better than trying to switch their time clock in larger increments. Daylight Savings Time, Standard Time, who of you know which one we're really on? What I do know is that I'll be grumpy and cranky for the next few weeks. I'd really rather adjust the whole by that half hour I keep talking about and call the whole thing off!
----------------------------------------------------------------- OCTOBER 30, 2009
Mini Me
I’ve been reading a lot of YA and Junior Fiction lately, and often times I find that these books seem like children or teen versions of adult books I’ve read. I got thinking about this after talking with one of our volunteers about When You Reach Me, by Rebecca Stead. I had just read it and recommended it to her (it’s so good!) and after she finished she commented that it reminded her of a kids version of The Time Traveler’s Wife, by Audrey Niffenegger. I’ve read both and could definitely see her point. Even saying that they are alike almost gives away too much, so I won’t elaborate on this one! When I read The London Eye Mystery, by Siobhan Dowd, all I could think of was the adult book, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, by Mark Haddon. Both are mysteries and both are told from the point of view of a teen boy who falls somewhere on the autism spectrum.
The YA book, Alphabet of Dreams, by Susan Fletcher reminded me of The Red Tent, by Anita Diamant. Both stories take place in biblical times and (in my opinion) conjure up beautiful imagery.
When I read The Rules of Survival, by Nancy Werlin, I was reminded of The Wolf at the Table, by Augusten Burroughs. Both are about young men dealing with abusive parents who play some serious mind games. Except, The Wolf at the Table is a memoir of Augusten Borroughs relationship with his father – very disturbing. Even the covers have similar look!
This one might be a stretch, but this summer I read The Girl Who Could Fly, by Victoria Forester, and parts of it reminded me of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, by Ken Kesey. SPOILER ALERT: In The Girl Who Could Fly, the main character, Piper, gets sent to an underground school for kids with special/unusual talents. The Headmaster of the school tries to ‘fix’ the kids to be normal with drugs and sometimes lobotomies…. Nurse Ratchett anyone? The covers look a lot a like as well:
It’s impossible to tell if any of these similarities are on purpose or not, but they do make interesting comparisons. Has anyone else read any other adult/child read-alikes? Let me know!
----------------------------------------------------------------- OCTOBER 28, 2009
Frightful and delightful
Okay, having spent the last few weeks posting on scary things, I think it only fitting this last week before Halloween, to continue the trend. But this time, I thought I’d offer a bit of a twist: A list of my all time favorite Halloween-y books – for the young and young at heart!  I’m not a big fan of dogs, but how can one resist Martha, who dresses up as a cat for Halloween?  Perhaps you’ve heard of psychic vampires? Bibliophile’s beware of this fellow! He's far more sinister.  Everyone knows I’m a big Halloween fan, what people didn’t know (until now – watch for that trivia contest in the future!) is that I collect alphabet books.  Don’t you hate it when this happens?  Sheldon, a pig who works as a short-order cook, encounters a mad scientist one stormy Halloween night and must face all of his biggest fears. And on this note, I leave you with one last thought: Great Pumpkin Is Comin' To Town Oh, you better not shriek, you better not groan, You better not howl, you better not moan, Great Pumpkin is coming to town! He's going to find out from folks that he meets, Who deserves tricks and who deserves treats; Great Pumpkin is coming to town! He'll search in every pumpkin patch, haunted houses far and near; To see if you've been spreading gloom, or bringing lots of cheer! So you better not shriek, you better not groan, You better not howl, you better not moan; Great pumpkin is coming to town!! Be sure to watch for the Great Pumpkin and check out these books and more pumpkin carols @ the Library!
----------------------------------------------------------------- OCTOBER 25, 2009
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month
While October may make many of you think of Halloween and Trick or Treating, costumes and candy, ghouls and ghosts, October also is the month chosen as Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Our library owns many books to help you with treatment, make decisions, and guide families on how to support your loved one. Most of our non-ficition books on breast cancer can be found in 616.99449, or in 362.1969. A staff member is always available to help you find material. Connecticut residents can use the health databases at www.iconn.org. which include The Health & Wellness Center, Medline Plus, and Connecticut Physician Profiles. A particularly valuable resource is also available to Connecticut residents in Healthnet, The University of Connecticut Health Center Library's consumer health information program for Connecticut residents and public libraries. Here you contact a librarian. with personal medical questions. Stand by her : a breast cancer guide for men / John W. Anderson.
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Caldecott Art
I love picture book art! Of course the ultimate recognition for picture book illustrators is the Caldecott Medal given out each year to the artist of the "most distinguished American picture book for children." The winner and honor books are announced at the American Library Association Midwinter Meeting, which will be in Elizabeth Bird of School Library Journal makes predictions on the major book award winners on her blog. Last year she correctly predicted one of the Newbury honor books, The Underneath, by Kathi Applet, and two of the Caldecott Books; The House in the Night, illustrated by Beth Krommes and How I learned Geography, by Uri Shulevitz. Two weeks ago she predicted these four as possible Caledcott winners:
14 Cows for America, by Carmen Agra Deedy, illustrated by Thomas Gonzalez Moonshot: Flight of Apollo 11, by Brian Floca Robot Zot, by Jon Scieszka, illustrated by David Shannon
(We own all of these if you are interested in checking them out for yourself!)
Here is the link to Elizabeth's blog post:
http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1790000379/post/440049644.html What do you think? Have any picture books blown you away this year? Do you agree with For those interested in learning even more about the Caldecott medal and some winning artwork, make sure you sign up for one (or all!) of our upcoming Caldecott programs:
At each session we will read a Caldecott Medal Winner or Honor book and create original artwork in the style of that illustrator. Hope to see you there! Wednesday, Oct. 28th @ 6:00: 2004 Honor: Don’t Let the 2005 Honor: Knuffle Bunny; A Cautionary Tale, by Mo Willems Wednesday, Nov. 4th @ 6:00: Wednesday, Nov. 18th @ 6:00: 1993 Honor: Seven Blind Mice, by Ed Young
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What is scary?
Many things have raised this question for me recently… Last week I wrote of scary (or not so) movies. When Megan was writing of Where the Wild Things Are, I noted I didn’t want to see the film, though it looked technically very well done. Why? I found the book and the movie trailer, scary. This has been given no credibility, as I also announced I wanted to see the new film, Zombieland. But I hold one thing has nothing to do with the other. Since it is the season… in one of this month’s Library trade publications was a short write up on the differences between what men and women find scary. The male writer wrote that men find plotlines in which people they love are harmed and they are powerless, terrifying. The female writer suggested it was tales that wrote of threatening interpersonal relationships frightening. This sponsored me thinking…what have I read or seen that I found truly frightening? Nightmare frightening? Hauntingly frightening? There have been a few…    (The book, not the movie.)  So, what have you found truly frightening? Let us know or check out these books @ the Library!
----------------------------------------------------------------- OCTOBER 19, 2009
Don't Miss this Program!
"Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary" Lou Harmon from The Tale of Terror , will bring Poe to life at our library this Wednesday evening, October 21st, 7:00PM. Hamon will appear in costume, in the persona of Poe, providing an intimate glimpse into the life of the writer. The lecture is free and appropriate for high school students and adults. Don't miss it! And if you'd like to read more about Poe, both his works and those written about him try these at the library. I'd particularly recommend The Poe Shadow by Matthew Pearl which presents a fascinating look at the last hours before Poe's death in Baltimore. Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
The Poe Shadow Matthew Pearl
An Unpardonable Crime Andrew Taylor
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Let the wild rumpus start! ~ Revised 10/17/09
Will you be going to see Where the Wild Things Are in the theater?
I’m not sure if I will or not. I’m thinking I’ll wait until I get some feedback from library patrons. If people are raving about it, then I might go. I am very curious as to how they turned the 48 page book, which is mostly pictures, into an hour and half long movie. Last Thursday we had a special Wild Things Program, where I read the book and then did a variety of crafts with the kids. While getting ready for the program, I found a Maurice Sendak biography which had some very interesting information on the author. Apparently, Sendak was planning on writing a children’s book about horses, but he couldn’t draw horses that well, so he decided to switch to ‘things.’ He based the drawings of the monsters on his aunts and uncles, who he hated! From chatting with a co-worker I found out that Sendak had a pretty disturbing childhood, his parents frequently telling him they never wanted him in the first place. In fact, HBO recently made a documentary about Maurice Sendak, called Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice Sendak, where he talks about his work and his bizarre childhood. I don’t get HBO, but I would love to see this! Here is the link to a trailer on HBO’s website: http://www.hbo.com/docs/programs/tellthemanything/index.html For some Where the Wild Things Are movie reviews, copy and paste the following link:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0386117/news#ni1088707
If you see the movie this weekend please comment! *** added by CarolK I'm not certain if I'll go to see the movie. Max and his creatures scare me just a bit. Still, I think it's the perfect movie for seeing on the big screen. Maybe I can find a child to hold my hand! Jennifer Brown posted a great take on Spike Jonze in Shelf Awareness entitled Deeper Understanding: Where The Wild Things Are. It's worth reading. Here's just a clip: Max has appeared in a book again only once,
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Bee Move Confessions
I have always loved Halloween and things eerie. However, in my youth, I must admit… I was scardy cat. I whimpered in line at the Haunted House at Disneyworld. Refused to go to Haunted nights at the amusement park, then known as Riverside. And watch a horror movie? Only under duress, with all the lights on and complaining bitterly about it! In the early ‘90s I did a major research project for which I analyzed over 350 films. Ironically, it turned out, these were mostly horror films. Quite nervous about it, I approached it with scientific precision: I watched the films in the bright, sterile environment of the university library, keeping clinical notes and reading up on special effects. It was still an … interesting process, but that’s another story. After this? I am now uncomfortable to admit, I am the horror movie queen. Not only do they not bother me, but… they hold a special place in my heart. I’ve seen enough of them to catch the inside jokes, the referencing and to scoff at the more recent film makers who substitute visceral gore for a good solid scare. The sad truth is I have seen, in sequence all 12 of the Friday The 13th series, all 10 of the Halloween franchise (John Carpenter's and Rob Zombie’s) and all 7 (or 8 if you count Freddy vs. Jason) of the Nightmare on Elm Street series… just to name a few. In recent years the ‘gore factor’ has increased and my interest has waned. I miss the good old fashioned monsters, be it a vampire or Michael Myers. Still, here at the Library we have a nice collection of frightful delights…  Remember the short lived television show, Project Greenlight? In the genre of reality TV, it followed a budding film maker through their first film making project. This film was their Horror project.  One of the early films of Julia Roberts, Kevin Bacon and Keifer Sutherland, in which medical student’s near death experiments start to go a bit awry.  I’ve written here before, I love Bruce Cambell… and how can one go wrong fighting a Medieval army of the dead with a chainsaw? This film is a campy classic.  You can just never trust a witch, even if they are created by Disney.  Tim Burton’s aliens can certainly compete with Ridley Scott’s and M. Night Shyamalan! Want another suggestion? Come see us @ the Library!
----------------------------------------------------------------- OCTOBER 12, 2009
To Purchase or Not, That Becomes the Question!
Shortly after Megan wrote her October 2nd blog about the controversial book, Tender Morsels, another book has caught media attention and is causing a stir.
----------------------------------------------------------------- OCTOBER 7, 2009
84 104 101 102 117 116 117 114 101 (The Future?)
Google informs me that today is the anniversary of patent for the barcode! Awarded October 7, 1952, the barcode is 57. Initially created with supermarkets in mind, its first use was on railroad cars. Today, the barcode is everywhere! For me it has become the universal symbol of technology and Big Brother’s tracking system. I’ve mixed feelings about the barcode. On the one hand, I know the series of lines are only machine readable squiggles. It makes it infinitely easier at check out lines. I’ve seen them on cars for parking lots, and we all know I adore the E-Z Pass (a barcode system.) On the other hand…. A few lines and so much information can be stored, read and sent. How easy the barcode makes all things a number…humans included. In Libraryland, the barcode has become indispensable. We use the ISBN to assure the right material in purchase and for acquiring database records. We use another barcode to anonymously identify each patron and to allow for keeping patron’s records. And yet a third barcode to identify each item in the library, again allowing for record keeping and tracking. Some library’s create and print their own barcodes, some find it more efficient to purchase them, and some have systems where the magic number is read electronically by a radio frequency identification device (RFID). Still, I’d venture a guess that all Librarians at least to some degree can read their barcodes. Like reading the data in The Matrix, we can look at barcodes and know by line thickness and pattern or number what the code is telling. Which Library does this item or patron belong to? What book publisher produced this book? How strange to think this entire system was set into motion 57 years ago. How strange to think the future of bar coding humans may not be fantasy. Entertain this idea more @ your library…. And check out the following: “Bar Coding Humans” by Angela Swafford, Boston Globe "Human Bar Code"
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Wonderbra or Wonderbread?
Now there's a combo! Wonder where that came from? The Encyclopedia of Guilty Pleasures compiled by Sam Still, Lou Harry, and Julia Spalding is full of such entries. Yep, 320 pages of "things people relish in private, but in most cases wouldn't be caught dead eating, visiting, viewing, listening to, touching, or rubbing all over their bodies in public". From ABBA, a band that started as Bjorn & Benny, Agnitha & Anni-Frid to Zinn, a Russian word meaning winter, evolved into a clear malt-beverage, you're bound to find something to make you smile.
----------------------------------------------------------------- OCTOBER 2, 2009
Tender Morsels
In light of Banned Books week, I would like to post about the book I am listening to, Tender Morsels, by Margo Lanagan. It’s a Young Adult book. Heard of it?? When I first heard of the book, it was because it was getting wonderful reviews across the board. Tender Morsels had starred reviews in Booklist, Horn Book, Kirkus, and Publishers Weekly. It was on School Library Journal’s Best Book list. It was a 2009 Printz Honor Book. The reviews all say things like, “beautifully written and surprising, this is a novel not to be missed,” and “a story of extraordinary depth and beauty.” So, after reading all of this I ordered a copy for the library, and got the audio book as well. However, the book has stirred up some major controversy, although I’m not certain it has been officially challenged anywhere (anyone know?). The controversy stems from the content; incest, rape, forced miscarriages, and bestiality (sort of..), combined with the fact that it is a labeled as a Young Adult novel. Interestingly enough, I first heard of the controversy from other librarians on an email listserv I belong to. Librarians were discussing whether or not they were going to purchase it. Some chimed in saying they would not – due to the content. During a week where libraries are celebrating our freedom to read, it’s important to remember that it’s not always parents and patrons who want to censor what is available at library, censorship can also come from within. Carol found this great snippet from an interview with the author, Margo Lanagan, where she shares her views on censorship: “Censorship, and protests about dark or sexy books often seems to me to be fear parading as concern for children and young people. If you really respect young people you make yourself available to answer any question they pop up with, at whatever time it happens and in whatever circumstances. If you're not ready to answer the questions that a challenging book poses, I don't think the issue is with the book.” To read the whole interview copy and paste the link below: http://writing-genre-fiction.suite101.com/article.cfm/margo_lanagan_interview Anyways, as I said I am almost done listening to Tender Morsels. Here’s my two cents; the beginning was TOUGH, and I almost didn’t make it through. But, the writing is beautiful, the story is completely unique and imaginative, and in my opinion the book deserves all the praise and awards it has received. Anyone else read it? I’d love to hear your opinions!
----------------------------------------------------------------- SEPTEMBER 30, 2009
Not in My Backyard
It’s Banned Book Week! Here in the library we have a collection of banned or frequently challenged books wrapped up in brown paper and patron’s are encouraged to check one out, sight unseen. One patron we were talking with this week was truly surprised that there were books challenged or banned. She couldn’t believe it could happen here… in her own neck of the woods. This got me thinking and a little research later… 2007 – Manchester, CT challenged The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Twain, Mark 2006 – Westport, CT middle school challenged Lovey Bones by Alice Sebold 2006 – West Hartford, CT parent demanded The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier be removed from curriculum 2003 – New Haven, CT school district challenged, but ultimately retained Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J. K. Rowling 2004 – Ansonia, CT One Fat Summer by Robert Lipsyte removed from shelves 2002 – Cromwell, CT middle schools challenged Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare 1992 - New Milford, CT schools challenged The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier 1990 – Burlington, CT The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier challenged 1972 – Ridgefield,CT school board banned Boss: Richard J. Daley of Chicago by Mike Royko If you'd like to learn more about banned or challenged books, come see us @ the Library!
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