The debate continues on whether children's books should be branded with a readership age. An emergency summit between the Society of Authors and the Publishers Association this month failed to resolve the standoff. The SoA claims that 77 per cent of children's authors are opposed to having age guidance on books. But publishers maintain that three-quarters of authors have agreed to it.
J.K. Rowling and Philip Pullman are leading a revolt by thousands of people across the country who are furious at plans by publishers to categorize books by the age at which they should be read. Visit Pullman's website www.notoagebanding.org to read their stance.
As for publishers...Walker Books and Bloomsbury are against age branding, but other publishers, such as Random House, Puffin and Macmillan, remain in favour of age banding.
Read the full article from The Independent:
Rowling joins revolt over age banding for children's books
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Terryl L. Givens is Professor of Literature and Religion and James A. Bostwick Chair of English at the University of Richmond. His newest book, People of Paradox: A History of Mormon Culture not only traces the development of Mormon culture from Joseph Smith through today, but also looks at Mormon culture in the context of society at large. In the article below Givens uses Mormon history to elucidate why discussion of Presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s religion is irrelevant.
On the 10th of September, 1846, the bombardment began and continued sporadically for three days. As many as 800 (some Mormons said 1800) U.S militiamen and area citizens with six pieces of canon had surrounded the virtually deserted city of Nauvoo, Illinois. The two to three hundred remaining Mormons converted some steamboat shafts to canon and threw up barricades in a feeble attempt to survive. (more…)
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It reeks of censorship to me. Although I haven't read all about it I want explore it further.
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It's just like what they do with movies. Movies are rated G, PG, PG-13, R, etc... To me, it's just a number, but I hope it doesn't discourage someone from picking up a book that they would read otherwise. I'm way past the age that picture books are intended for, but yet I love them and can't get enough of them!
Books are for everyone, no matter what the designated age range- right?