Re: Favorite books YOU like to read

[Gayle Hodur <ghodur@REDSHIFT.COM>]

>I think the hardback/paperback issue is a very real one, to the point where
>I simply don't buy hardback fiction at all.

This probably is a very real issue, but I have it in reverse and I don't
understand why.

When I came to my three libraries they had been virtually unused for ten
years with no librarian and the students had little experience with
libraries. Assuming (from listening to other librarians) that kids
preferred paperbacks, I stocked a lot of them only to find they were the
hardest sell. I  really haven't got a clue as to why, but my kids seem to
assume they are HARDER (the print is smaller and the pages look more "print
dense." Also, I'm constantly bringing in books of my own, or books I've
picked up for them at book sales, and I always rave about the way they are
printed, or the illustrations by a particular artist, or what makes them
special in some way, so maybe they are actually beginning to appreciate
what makes a nice book. Whatever!?! They just tend to check out the
hardbacks first.

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District Librarian                      Main Street Middle School
Soledad Unified School District         441 Main Street
(408) 678-3923                          Soledad, CA  93960
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