NF. Presentation copy: "To . And ., primary advocater of intellectual freedom at every level. With Affection, Nicholas J. Karolides. 1993 . " Not an ex-library copy. No remainder marks. ; 8vo.; 498 pages; Signed by One Author. First Edition. Binding is Hardcover.

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Title: CENSORED BOOKS: CRITICAL VIEWPOINTS
Publisher: Metuchen, N. J. The Scarecrow Press.
Publication Date: 1993
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0810826674
ISBN 13: 9780810826670
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Presents a collection of essays focusing on books that are most frequently challenged in schools and libraries.

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John M. Kean, Professor of Curriculum and Instruction, University of Wisconsin-Madison, has taught and published articles on children's and young adult literature, the teaching of writing, and censorship in the schools. He has been a member and chair of the NCTE Committee Against Censorship and a member of the CEE Commission on Intellectual Freedom and the IRA Advisory Committee on Intellectual Freedom. The late Lee Burress, Professor Emeritus, English, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, taught and published on American literature, folklore, composition, and literary censorship and was a member and chair of the NCTE Committee Against Censorship. He was author, co-author, or co-editor of Battle of the Books (Scarecrow, 1989); Celebrating Censored Books (with Nicholas Karolides); How Censorship Affects the School and Other Essays; and The Student's Right to Know (with Edward Jenkinson). Nicholas Karolides is Professor of English and Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Wisconsin-River Falls. His recent books include Reader Response in the Classroom, Evoking and Interpreting Literature in the Classroom, Focus on Physical Impairments, and Focus on Fitness (with Melissa Karolides).

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