Tag Archives: reading
October 15, 2009 This Bites: An introduction to an introduction to Twilight
I’ve been getting requests for Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight saga since it came out. I was really surprised at the series’ popularity with everyone under the sun – First it was the teens … then adults … then … kids. Some parents were quite proud that their children were reading such long books; their kids were [...]
Tags: books, censorship, children's librarianship, children's literature, reading, Stephenie Meyer, Twilight saga
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- Posted under Book Reviews
January 13, 2009 Lvl Up: User-Friendly Easy Readers
So Easy Readers (not to be confused with Easy Riders)… they’re thin, often used, usually beat-up books that circulate a lot. Bad for shelf reading, hold pulling, and kind of a pain the bibliographic backside of everyone who has to deal with them on an administrative level, shall we say. So, what are people looking [...]
Tags: children's books, collection development, easy readers, librarianship, reading
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- Posted under Collections, libraries