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I have used the Goosebumps series as a lure to poor readers to start reading, to check out offerings in the library. I bought over 2 years approximately 75 books in 25 titles and laminated the covers with Contac. I also set up a "Before and After Goosebumps" display to take care of kids on waiting lists and to get them to read other better stuff while waiting or after becoming saturated. Now, at last I am seeing what I hoped. We no longer have 2-3 reserves for each book, 8-10 books are actually on the shelf waiting! The craze has subsided but many poor readers have increased their reading speed and found their way to other authors such as Coville, Dahl, Nixon, Hahn, Howe, Wright, Winthrop, Paulsen,----who write better scary books, ghost stories, survival stories, fantasy, etc. I don't have the Fear St. series by Stine. Too "advanced" for K-5. But I believe the Goosebumps series while not *deep* has amusing plots and a suspenseful aura that does not harm kids, and benefits the slow readers especially. This craze in our school lured many reluctant kids to teach themselves better searching skills as they had to look Goosebumps up in the catalog to find out what we had and make reserve slips. They had to look on the fiction shelves to see what was available. I say, capitalize on series books to create more good readers! Hooray for Stine AND Babysitters....they create readers who go on to better literature later. Joan Kimball, Librarian Hart's Hill Elementary School Whitesboro, NY jkim@borg.com Joan Kimball (jkim@borg.com) Clinton, NY Hart's Hill Elementary School Library Whitesboro, NY