Comments about ‘Baltimore librarian wins Newbery medal for best children's book’

To each their own but I don't think that with the amount of bad language in Orson Scott Card's "kids" books that he should be allowed to write kids books!

And who should be the one that "allows" some people to write and some not to? Back to book burning, then...

I don't think Kat meant that he shouldn't be allowed...to me that is a unnecessary word.

What I got out of the comment was that it shouldn't be children that the books are geared to... because of the language.

Just like certain movies are G, PG, PG13, etc.

I would not buy a book for my grandchildren if it had words in it that I didn't care to have them hear.

I don't like swear words in the books I read either. There are so many ways of expressing oneself, without profanity thrown in.

I would classify Orson Scott Card's books as young adult fiction or adult fiction, rather than "kid's books." By the way, have any of you actually read some current young adult fiction? It often has bad language (even the R rated variety), sexuality, and violence. "The Book Thief" which is currently on the NY Times bestseller list and is highly recommended for YA readers, comes to mind. However, I feel that "The Book Thief" has great value as YA literature despite the language and situations. Card's Ender's Game is a great book for high school age students to read because of the dialogue it creates. My students had a great time discussing what it meant to be a leader, what types of intelligence are required for leadership, whether the ends can always justify the means, and even whether or not the potty language was necessary in the book.