Awareness of language, of how it operates, its appropriateness of the pupils who are exposed to it, and its quality in the books which are provided for them, should be every teacher's concern when selecting books and initiating writing based on them. (Author)

The Rochester Board of Education had to consider three major principles in the issue of the use of Slaughterhouse Five'' for a high school English course: constitutionality, intellectual freedom, and the right of parents or students to refuse literature on the grounds of obscene or objectional literature. (SJ)

Suggestions are made at a meeting of trustees for their guidance in decision making. (RK)

How and where to find new reading materials is only part of the problem. Learning to use the material and identifying the child's problem correctly is the basic issue. (RB)

Part 1 appeared in English Language Teaching", v26 n1 Oct 1971. (VM)

The librarian's book selection role is to provide materials containing innumerable idea- themes and to perform the indispensable task of eliminating the irrelevant, the unsound, and the superfluous. (Author)

Based on a paper given at the Third Annual Conference, International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language, in London, England, December 30, 1969 to January 2, 1970. (DS)

Reports a study of the reading likes and dislikes of 900 fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh graders. (RD)

Books are briefly described that parents can read and discuss with their children to enrich travel and cultural activities. Books on the nation's capital city, the Liberty Bell, the Statue of Liberty, architecture, zoos, dinosaurs, and other subjects are included. (PP)