[LM_NET] HIT: Lion Boy

[Robin Shtulman <shtulman@ERVING.COM>]

Hi!

I didn't mean to start a panic!  There is NO REASON to pull Lion Boy  
from your elementary school shelves!  I just am unfamiliar with the  
series and wanted some expert opinions before I invested in them.   
Across the board, lm-netters have declared them 4th grade & +  
appropriate.  Some folks love them, some think they are not so  
exciting.  Here are a few quotes for those of you who may be interested:

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We are a K-4 school. Our kids (in this case it is mostly a boy book)  
love it. Really for the 4ths. We also have the sequel. I don't  
believe there is anything to be concerned about.

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I have it in my K-5 school.  It goes out.  I tried to read it last  
summer, but I found it boring.  Some of my boys like it, others admit  
that they didn't read it either.  Few girls check it out.

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Definitely upper end of
primary school but I didn't find anything that would cause too much
offence. I know a couple of our students have already read it in their
book clubs so it is certainly being marketed at that age level.

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It is checked out a lot and a lot of kids have read it and liked it.
****
   I
didn't see anything objectionable for an elementary school.

*****

Thank you to everyone who replied so quickly!


Robin Shtulman
Erving Elementary School
28 Northfield Rd.
Erving, MA  01344
413-423-3326
shtulman@erving.com
http://www.erving.com/library/erving_library.htm




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