Re: [LM_NET] TARGET: Lightning Thief for K-4 School

[Sara Ralph <bibliophile26@YAHOO.COM>]

We have 2nd graders watching the Twilight movies and then asking for the books 
(which we DO not have and will not get - I tell them to go to the public library) 
so I'm not worrying about the Percy Jackson series.  3-5 graders check them out 
often and I've had no complaints from parents.

Sara Ralph
Media Coordinator
Balfour Elementary
Asheboro, NC

 



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From: Carroll Creswell <cwcreswell@OPTONLINE.NET>
To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Sent: Sat, January 30, 2010 9:01:13 PM
Subject: TARGET: Lightning Thief for K-4 School

Hi,

I am in a K-4 school and with the movie The Lightning Thief coming out in
February, many kids are asking about the book. Right now I do not have it in
my collection.

since the reviews I've read recommend it for grades 5 or 6 and above. I just
finished reading it and the only thing I found that might make it
questionable for grades 3 & 4 

(very good readers) is the mention of the gods fathering children with
mortal women without being married. That is pretty much throughout the book.
I don't know if nine & ten year old kids will focus on this and if it will
cause a problem or not. If you have this book in your library & you have
primary aged children, what has your experience been?

Thanks!

Rebecca Creswell

Librarian, Hamilton School

Bridgewater, N.J.  08807


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