>Sequels

by Roger Sutton
Aug 24, 2006 | Filed in Articles & Opinion
>Pluto's off the list, so never mind the song. And the anti-Castro forces in Miami are going for broke: this will bring the money the Board of Education will spend on the case to at least half a million dollars. Let's not even think about how many books that money could buy; certainly they haven't.
Roger Sutton
Roger Sutton

Editor Emeritus Roger Sutton was editor in chief of The Horn Book, Inc., from 1996-2021. He was previously editor of The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books and a children's and young adult librarian. He received his MA in library science from the University of Chicago in 1982 and a BA from Pitzer College in 1978.

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rindambyers

>I get tears in my eyes, thinking about children in our country who do not own even ONE book, ANY book of his or her own.

I still own my "Three Little Kittens" Golden Book that I OWNED long before I could read...tattered, faded, badly worn...it's still mine, all mine...what POWER! To be able to OWN books.

Posted : Aug 26, 2006 07:58

Anonymous

>Shame on the parents, shame on the BOE, shame on everyone for not buying books for the kids instead of trying to gain votes and notoriety!

Anonymous librarian in OH who wishes for more $ to buy books.

Posted : Aug 24, 2006 10:28

Anonymous

>They counted wrong again
(It's fine, guys, take a breather)
The smart ones HERE read Alcott
and they didn't get HER either

Posted : Aug 24, 2006 07:28

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