Mmm, yes, challenged on account of quality and falsification is a bit different than "banning". Though I am as liberal as they come, there are a few books I wouldn't mind being pulled (ok, banned!) from my local library. Like the Newbery winning "Daniel Boone". But I figure no kid in their right mind would read far enough in it to get to the really offensive stuff, so I didn't bother going to the library.
I had similar questions after reading Amos Fortune, Free Man, which I think is worse than Daniel Boone--and, I think, still read and recommended more often. I wouldn't want it pulled from a library, necessarily, because I think there are reasons to read it; but I don't think it's a good idea to have it on the shelf with the other juvenile biographies as if it's just as good and truthful and so on as the other books that I would encourage kids to read. Some kind of archive is the better place--or among the adult books.
I think you're right about "Amos Fortune" being recommended more often. And I think it's more seductively bad; the writing and story sucks you in more than "Daniel Boone", which is a clunker from the get-go.
Interestingly, at the Ann Arbor District Library (the biggest public system near me), Daugherty's "Daniel Boone" is in the catalog but "restricted" for library use only. And I think you may need to request it, it's not on the regular juvenile shelves.
There are two copies of "Amos Fortune" in their collection, one is restricted and one is just a paperback at a branch.
In my small town about 6 miles from Ann Arbor, both books are on the regular kid shelves - I would guess mainly because they're Newbery winners, and it appeared when I checked them out that they were purchased the year they won - original first editions. Which may be worth a bit these days, maybe that's a good argument for pulling them the kid's shelves.
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Interestingly, at the Ann Arbor District Library (the biggest public system near me), Daugherty's "Daniel Boone" is in the catalog but "restricted" for library use only. And I think you may need to request it, it's not on the regular juvenile shelves.
There are two copies of "Amos Fortune" in their collection, one is restricted and one is just a paperback at a branch.
In my small town about 6 miles from Ann Arbor, both books are on the regular kid shelves - I would guess mainly because they're Newbery winners, and it appeared when I checked them out that they were purchased the year they won - original first editions. Which may be worth a bit these days, maybe that's a good argument for pulling them the kid's shelves.
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