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

[Sharon Lawler <smclawler@GMAIL.COM>]

I have had 3rd graders searching by "Lovely" in the opac!!  I just tell
them, "Sorry, we don't have The Lovely Bones."

Sharon M. Lawler, MA, MSLS
Randolph Elementary
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Universal City, TX 78148

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On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 8:07 PM, Sara Ralph <bibliophile26@yahoo.com> wrote:

> 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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