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CHILDREN AND
STEREOTYPES— Where do
chlMtca ge( the ideas which
defiae their images of
themselves and other people?
Certainly, a great deal is
absorbed from their home
environment, from what their
parents tell them, from the
stories and advertisements they
see on televison, and from
talking to playmates. But there
is one source for stereotypes
with which librarians are
particularly concerned:
portrayals in books.
A recent publication which I
have been studying is entitled
DICK AND JANE AS VICTIMS.
It is a scientific analysis of the
readers used in the elementary
schools. The findings were truly
astounding in relation to sex
stereotyping but, upon
reflection, shouldn't surprise
anyone who stops to remember
their own childhoold primers.
Boys are always portrayed as
active, athletic, brave,
resourceful and larger than
girls who are pictured as
passive, domestic, fearful,
helpless and petite. Not very
true to real life!
The writers of juvenile fiction
who defy this traditional
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formula, Wo write about real
people in rwsl-Ufe situations, are
frequently conaidered
controversial. These are the
authors whose books we have
been reading for the taut month
in preparation for our
conference in New Bern this
week. Stories such as
SOUNDER by William H.
Armstrong, or HOW MANY
MILES TO BABYLON by Paula
Fox. or SEASON OF PONIES by
Zilpha Snyder,or SHADOW OF
A BULL by Main Wojciecboska /
are a far cry from the run-of
the-mill shallow story so often
considered proper for children.
The discussions should be
stimulating, to say the least. I,
for one. am looking forward
eagerly to the reactions of the
other librarians. Many of them
have never read children’s
books like these, I dare say.
SCREECHES
GAS LINES—In the course of
the three and a half years that I
have been writing this weekly
column, I have done my writing
in all sorts of {daces and at some
rather strange times but this
week sets some sort of record
for peculiar circumstances: I
am making use of the hour and
a half wait in the line at the
filling station to pen these lines.
So much has been said about the
gasoline shortage that I can
think of no original way to
describe my annoyance at the
inconvenience. Since my job
entails the supervision of a
three-county areeiwUh a great
deal of driving necessary, the
inability to get gas interferes
with my duties as well asfjjiy
pleasures. But being a natural
bom Pollyanna, 1 try to see
some good in every misfortune.
One thought which occurs to me
is that we are being forced to
take the poet Longfellow’s
advice: “Learn to labor and to
wait.’’ Another bright side to
this dark cloud is that walking
(one of my favorite forms of
excercise) might become
popular again.
Unemployment insurance is a
joint federal-state program
operated by the states in
partnership with the U. S.
Department of Labor.
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