[bookshare-discuss] Re: Readng level question for parents
- From: Cindy Rosenthal <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2008 17:42:33 -0800 (PST)
Thanks for your opinion. I'll consider using your divisions. I have no problem
with high school ages being young adult, maybe grades 10 and up--or 9? Middle
school age? Maybe.
Of course children vary so much in both their reading ability and their
emotional level. If I were Kelby's mom I'd probably let her read anything. BTW,
Kelby, have your parents given permission for you to have free range of
bookshare books?
Again, I appreciate your feedback, Roger.
I wish I could remember what my children read when. I only remember that I
didn't let them read Flowers in the Attic n 6th grade. smile
Cindy
--- On Thu, 11/6/08, Roger Loran Bailey <rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Roger Loran Bailey <rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx>
> Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: Readng level question for parents
> To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Thursday, November 6, 2008, 8:00 AM
> I have no confidence at all that those who decide the age
> level for a
> book have read it. I also have no confidence in those who
> decide any
> other category either considering all the fantasy books
> that are
> classified as science fiction. I think, though, that books
> intended
> for the pre middle school crowd would be children's
> books and those
> intended for the middle school set are usually categorized
> as YA.
> Books intended for high school students are, I think,
> usually called
> juvenile or YA, but frankly the only difference I see
> between those
> and adult books is that the characters in the fiction tend
> to be
> teenagers and the authors tend to shy away from so-called
> "adult"
> language.
>
> On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 10:14 PM, Cindy Rosenthal
> <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > My queston is for parents of young children and
> not-so-young children, if you can remember far back--and for
> teachers. I raised two daughters and worked in elementary
> and middle school classrooms, but I'm confused now:
> thinking of books and literature, by age, where does
> "children" end and "juvenile" begin? In
> some cases it's easy to tell--Preschool to grade 2--o3
> 3? are for children. Grades 4-6? ages 8-11? Those of you who
> receive my books-added list may have noticed how even
> professional reviewers vary with their designations of grade
> and age level the same book is appropriate for, and the
> Publishers' product descriptions are sometimes way off.
> Sometimes I wonder if whoever decided the age level had
> actually read the book.
> >
> > Cindy
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