But Amazon has a section for editorial reviews that includes Library
Journal, Booklist and School Library Journal. These would be appropriate
and even tho they are a reposting you can get to the original site.
Just my $.02.
Carole
marci davis wrote:
> I frequently peruse the collections that many of the vendors we use have
> that do include reviews from our favorite publications, Kirkus, Booklist,
> SLJ, etc.
> Not to advertise (and just because you look at the reviews, etc. you're not
> obligated to purchase) but Follett and Sagebrush both offer these.
> Amazon is not a good source for reviews-- but I do see the point of the
> student-written "book reviews." On a commercial vendor site like Amazon,
> the "I purchased this book and this is what I thought" review may or may not
> provide an accurate perspective of what your students may think. I work in
> a school where I doubt that the general population is from the same
> demographic of teenagers/youth who take the time to write book reviews or
> have the resources to do online book ordering. Just consider who wrote the
> reviews if you're trying to match the general interest of students in the
> books: children with access to technology and a credit card. Do the
> high-interest lower-level books you may be purchasing appeal to those
> reviewers?
> just my two cents
> and hang in there with the challenge! I know if you have documentation of
> your sources for those reviews, you will pull through.
>
> Marci Davis
> media specialist
> BHL Middle
> Athens, GA
> bluehilda@hotmail.com
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