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Main Author: Keresey, Gayle
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 1984
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Online Access:https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ296978
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  • School Book Club Expurgation Practices. Keresey, Gayle Adolescent Literature Censorship Childrens Literature Elementary Secondary Education Intellectual Freedom Library Material Selection Paperback Books Publishing Industry Reading Materials School Libraries Discusses expurgation practices (deletion, excision, alteration, obliteration of parts of books) of major school book clubs--Scholastic, Xerox's Read Book Club, Troll Associates--as identified by Intellectual Freedom Committee of Young Adult Services Division of the American Library Association. Implications for school libraries are noted. Seventy-three sources are given. (EJS)