oops! sorry, I had not gathered all of the responses on the Half Blood
Prince hit before I post it. Here are the remainder of responses. After tallying
ALL responses it does appear that most elementary librarians (8) are planning
to purchase HP6 , 6 of the respondents say they will not, 4 say they will
wait until they can read, discuss and watch reviews before deciding, and 1 did
not voice a specific opinion.
I have already read the book and in my opinion, the
reading level is pretty high. The story is yet darker than the last.
Treachery and
murders abound. Can't say much more without spoiling it, but a beloved
major character dies, and the murderer is, well...it
was surprising to me.
Not having read the newest book yet, for obvious reasons, I can't say if it
is or not, but I certainly have ordered it for my K-5 school. It can't be
that "mature"...I didn't see anything wrong with Order of the Phoenix. If
one thinks the kids don't know about romance in the 2nd grade, he/she is
living in another world. I never even considered *not* ordering the book.
It's pretty mild compared to the stuff on TV/movies. IMHO
I didn't pay a great deal of attention to the discussion because I'm at
a middle school, but I believe I remember hearing that our district
won't approve number 5 (and I'm assuming 6 and 7).
Personally, I won't let me 8 year old son read them or watch the movies
yet because I think he'd be scared to death; however, I have parents of
kids in Kdg. at my K-5 school that have read all of them to their
children. I am purchasing it for my school library because the kids expect
me to get
it. I'll read it first before putting it on the shelf to make my final
decision. But, I also require anyone under 3rd grade to bring a note or
have their parents call and give permission for them to check out HP
books.
Harry basically started off at middle school level. I will have the book on
the shelf when school starts. I don't expect to see it again except for
renewals/checkouts. Only the kids who want to read it will actually read
it. Sometimes the parents read it to their children so I leave it up to the
individual parents/students to make that decision.
My school will be a K-3 school and I plan to buy a few copies. Whenever a
new HP book comes out, there is an interest in the older ones. I will have
G&T kids in my school and so I must buy higher level books. Also some of our
kids often have their own copies.
Rachel Hinds
Librarian
Carleston Elementary
Pearland, Tx
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