[OYAN] "Clean Teen Reads:" another wording?

[Danielle Jones]

I appreciate the thoughtfulness on this. It is important to think about
what we call it. I am a big fan of just calling it what it is - "Books with
no sex, swearing, or drug use." Titles like "Clean reads" others all other
books as dirty.

On Fri, Jul 5, 2019 at 2:09 PM April Witteveen <aprilw at dpls.lib.or.us>
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> Hi!
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> We are considering our teen bibliography that’s historically been called
> Clean Teen Reads or Clean Reads.  These are books without sex, minimal
> violence, swearing, etc. Do you have a similar list with a different name?
> We are curious about how teens respond to a list with a title like this…we
> know we get a lot of parents who are looking for clean reads for their
> kids, so the language works for them…but for teens?
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> Have a great weekend!
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Danielle Jones
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