[LM_NET] SHARE: Judy Blume

[Kathy Reel <kathy502@AOL.COM>]

  My daughter, who teaches at an elementary school in Key West, called this morning 
and I am green with envy. Judy Blume visited their school today through the 
coordinated efforts of the library media specialist there (of course). Some 
wonderful news my daughter gave me is that Judy is working on a new Pain and the 
Great One book. She shared some of it with the teachers and students. The students 
were very excited. Authors do such an important service when they visit schools and 
share their craft and imagination with students. My daugher especially enjoyed The 
Pain and the Great One when she was young, relating to it because of her little 
brother. I have long been a Judy Blume fan, not only for her writing, but also for 
her stand and efforts concering book censorship (her anti-censorship stand). If you 
haven't read Places I Never Meant to Be compiled by Judy Blume, then you owe it to 
yourself to do so. In it she has collected original short stories for the book by 
twelve dif!
 ferent young adult authors and an added short discussion on censorhip by each 
author, their thoughts and personal experience with censorship. Authors include 
David Klass, Norma Klein, Julius Lester, Chris Lynch, Harry Mazer, Norma Fox Mazer, 
Walter Dean Myers, Katherine Paterson, Susan Beth Pfeffer, Rachel Vail, Jacqueline 
Woodson, and Paul Zindel. Sorry, I meant to just mention the new book Judy Blume is 
working on, but I can't seem to mention this celebrated author without giving her 
credit for her work in anti-censorship.
 
 Kathy Reel
 Former English/Writing Teacher
 New Librarian Looking for Job (Owensboro area or St. Pete/Tampa)
 Owensboro, KY
  
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