BIG thoughts of the little bookworm

  January 19th, 2021 Last year the famous author who wrote the “Harry Potter” books tweeted out disparaging remarks against the transgender community. Her insensitive comments alienated and angered the Transgender community. With Transgender becoming more commonplace, Educators, Librarians, and Parents are having to make the difficult decision in deciding what books stay and go in their personal libraries.    The article “Do Works by Men Implicated by #MeToo Belong in the Classroom?” written by Emma Goldberg described in detail the difficult decisions teachers and librarians have to make in deciding what books make it into their libraries for their students and community members. One key point that stood out to me in the article was  Ms. Gowen’s opinion on being able to distinguish between the Author and their writings. She stated that she wants her students “to know that art is nuanced and complex, and in any artist’...

January 13, 2021        According to  Sherman Alexie,  the best Young Adult books are written in blood.   In the article titled “Why the best kids' books are written in blood, Alexie wrote that  “I write to  give them weapons – in the form of words and ideas that will help them fight their monsters. I  write in blood because I remember what it felt like to bleed .”   Many children in the United States have not lived an ideal childhood.  Some people like Meghan Cox Gurdon, believe that we need to shield children from the evils of today’s world to protect their innocence .  Children who e xperience childhood trauma feel alone and often  do not  tell others about their abuse. The  feelings of being  alone   often  led  to hopelessness and depression.  The  ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences)  too high website states that “nearly  35 million children (about twic...