Re: [LM_NET] HIT: Pokemon, Spongebob, etc

[Lisa Von Drasek <lisav@BNKST.EDU>]

I would like to express some concern about lumping Wick's I Spy books
with fad fiction like Sponge Bob. Not only do these books attract
reluctant readers but the images contained within are often complicated
puzzles that are exercising  intense cognitive skills. Some students who
struggle with reading often find success in puzzling out secret
messages, figuring out how the photographs were taken and how the
elaborate models were made. We have had children bridge from the I Spy
books to Wick's other non-fiction titles-A Drop of Water and Walter
Wick's Optical Tricks. My one caution is the poor bindings that last but
a few circs. Hopefully this is being solved by Scholastic with their new
library editions that I have on-order. Lisa

Lisa Von Drasek
Children's Librarian
Bank Street College of Education
School for Children Pre-K- 8
610 West 112th St
NY  NY   10025

lisav@bnkst.edu

212 875 4452

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