Re: Goosebumps & Accelerated Reader

[Deborah Marie Collier <collie@TENET.EDU>]

I think also that it's a "peer influence" thing to read the Goosebumps
series. Some kid who doesn't normally pick up anything but a drawing book
will see his friend "Joe" (who is a "cool dude" just like himself)
totally engrossed in one of these books, so he will want to check one out
just to see what they're like. That's usually all it takes for them to
get hooked.

Then when I have lots of requests & no books to lend, I get my chance to
direct the kids to something else, like _Danger in Quicksand Swamp_,
_Ghost Tales of Old Texas_, a Gary Paulsen adventure, etc.

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