Re: TARGET: ELEM Books for Boys

[Franziska Turrell <Lib/Media@FC.MCPS.K12.MD.US>]

I haven't seen anything like Babysitters for boys.  Some of the books
that are popular with older elementary boys in our school are  books by
Alfred Slote, DANNY DUNN books by Jay Williams, SMALL POTATOES books by
Harriet Ziefert(lower grades too), EINSTEIN ANDERSON books by Seymour
Simon, any of the CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE books by Edward Packard,
Ramsey Montgomery, Jay Liebold, Shannon Gilligan.  They also like books
by Matt Christopher which are mostly sports oriented.  They don't go
looking for them, but if you show them the dog books by Jim Kjelgaard,
or some of the classics like OLD YELLER, SOUNDER, GENTLE BEN, BLACK
BEAUTY AND BLACK STALLION types of books--they like those too.  My boys
love the Hardy Boys, which I don't think are approved for school
libraries.  Nor is Nancy Drew.  Anyone know why?  They are as good in
literary content as BABYSITTER'S I think, and a whole lot more
appropriate reading to my way of thinking.  I know the main characters
are older, but that never bothered me when I read them.
Frannie T.
Media Assistant--Lake Seneca ES
Germantown, MD
Franziska_Turrell@fc.mcps.k12.md.us,i

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