http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/05/08/book-reviewers-ask-do-reviews-determine-what-you-read/ K.G. Schneider's blog on librarianship, writing, and everything else, since 2003. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:13:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/05/08/book-reviewers-ask-do-reviews-determine-what-you-read/#comment-3860 Joan Tue, 08 May 2007 15:21:00 +0000 http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/05/08/book-reviewers-ask-do-reviews-determine-what-you-read/#comment-3860 Interesting you should ask this. I was just in a situation where I had to defend hands on looking at the childres' books. I pulled two examples where the reviews were lacking. One was a Micheal Hague E title where a fairy had a rather large breast showing, and the other was a well written book with no reviews on boas for primary graders that showed one in the process of eating a cute little mousie. No I usually don't talk baby talk, but I'm making a point about how some 7 or 8 year old might have emotionally responded to the photo. I'm not completely sure what the solution is. More reviews? Longer reviews? Probably yes to both. However, there is so much in a kid's book that is not covered in reviews that I'm not sure it is possible to do without actually looking at the books. What do others think? Interesting you should ask this. I was just in a situation where I had to defend hands on looking at the childres’ books. I pulled two examples where the reviews were lacking. One was a Micheal Hague E title where a fairy had a rather large breast showing, and the other was a well written book with no reviews on boas for primary graders that showed one in the process of eating a cute little mousie. No I usually don’t talk baby talk, but I’m making a point about how some 7 or 8 year old might have emotionally responded to the photo. I’m not completely sure what the solution is. More reviews? Longer reviews? Probably yes to both. However, there is so much in a kid’s book that is not covered in reviews that I’m not sure it is possible to do without actually looking at the books. What do others think?

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