“Someday, the textbooks Language of Literature and American Nation may join the ranks of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Color Purple: banned from classrooms. Not because they’re too controversial; rather, because they’re too fat To avoid creating generations of back-pain sufferers, schools have been searching for ways to lighten the load that children carry in their oversize backpacks. Solutions include buying classroom texts, using more worksheets, allowing more time to get to lockers, and demonstrating how to properly pack and carry bags.” – The Philadelphia Inquirer via Education Week and Library Stuff.
The TeleRead take: “One reason why e-books may be a better fit for students,” Library Stuff’s Steve Cohen observes. California, as the Philly article notes, has even legislated against the problem.
"Unfortunately that says it all Katherine.
Imagine if they launched a classy eReader app with bells and whistles, or say they bought out something like Shubook ..."
"My books in Russian have been blocked with the same explanation. Very strange and rude.They're talking about customer serves... It doesn't include Polish, or Russians, ..."
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