Next week January 24-28 is the annual No Name-Calling Week. The concept is based on an idea from James Howe's book The Misfits. The book tells the story of four best friends trying to survive the seventh grade in the face of all too frequent taunts based on their weight, height, and intelligence. This line from The Misfits reveals Howe's idea "sticks and stones may break our bones, but names will break our spirit."
No Name-Calling Week originated by GLSEN and Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Deivision. Now with over 40 corportate sponsors nationwide, including Barnes&Noble, the project seeks to focus national attention on the problem of name-calling in schools, and to provide students and educators with tools to launch an on-going dialogue about ways to eliminate name-calling in their communities.
So for potential children's programs that week - and nice partnerships between public and school libraries, too - look at these resources:
- From Barnes&Noble website, you'll find 17 video clips presented by authors and illustrators who talk about bullying; James Howe is one of the featured speakers.
- Here's the link:
- Also, look to the website itself dedicated to No Name-Calling Week.
- www.nonamecallingweek.org A great site to bring into school or public libraries any time of the year, but especially next week.
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