Anonymous Patron writes “– A national book company has apologized for offering one of its middle school-aged books at an elementary school book fair.
Officials at Prattville Elementary School pulled “To Be a Slave” from the school’s book fair after a parent discovered the book contained what she described as offensive language.
A spokesman for Scholastic apologized for the book being sold at an elementary school.
Every fifth school pupil in grades 7-9 says that they never read books in school. Among boys the figure is higher, with 25% claiming never to read a book at school, according to research carried out by the National Union of Teachers.
The majority read one to three books per year in school, roughly the same as in their free time.
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Anonymous Patron writes “It Seems like Irma Slage should’ve seen this one coming. Complaints from fewer than a dozen Ripon residents led Mayor Chuck Winn to cancel an appearance by a self-proclaimed psychic at the local public library, leading to allegations of religious blackmail and censorship. “It took away my rights,”
Jack Pendarvis Reviews Books. Well, he reviews books based on just one randomly chosen sentance from each book.
He calls City Of God rollicking, and puts Moby Dick ” in the time of Jesus”.
Via Kottke.
Anonymous Patron writes “”I’m not a bigot,” Laurie Taylor tells a crowd that seems to believe otherwise. “I”m not a homophobe. I’m a conscientious parent.” Someone forgot to feed her the “It’s not about hate” line as well.
Arkansas Times covers the ongoing fight between “not bigots” and others in Fayetteville. This one has ALOT more than most other articles do on this subject, though the reporter, Doug Smith, makes some bizzare assertions.”
Anonymous Patron writes “Study: Used Books Are $2 Billion Industry: a landmark study released Wednesday confirms what publishers, authors and booksellers have believed _ and feared _ since the rise of the Internet: Used books have become a modern powerhouse, driven by high prices for new works and by the convenience of finding any title, new or old, without leaving your home.”
Anonymous Patron writes “A developer is offering to build a $150-million main library for Ottawa that could be the first step in rejuvenating one of the city’s older neighbourhoods.
Anonymous Patron writes “Times Community Newspapers Reports The board of directors of the National Sporting Library has named Nancy H. Parsons as president and CEO of the library, succeeding Rebecca M. Tomlinson, acting director.
“The library is a very special institution with a firm foundation of support. The potential for elegant and appropriate growth of the library is very exciting,” Parsons said. “I am very grateful to the many individuals who have supported the National Sporting Library, not only with financial support, but also with hard work and heart and soul. It is an inspiring place to be.””
Cortez writes “Ever the British, ever the rank: http://books.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,16488
http://search-engines-web.com/ writes “Within a year, Negroponte expects his nonprofit One Laptop Per Child to get 5 million to 15 million of the machines in production, when children in Brazil, China, Egypt, Thailand, South Africa are due to begin getting them.
In the second year when Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney hopes to start buying them for all 500,000 middle and high-school students in this state Negroponte envisions 100 million to 150 million being made. (He boasts that these humble $100 notebooks would surpass the world’s existing annual production of laptops, which is about 50 million.)
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=116
http://laptop.media.mit.edu/
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