From: DDPattison at aol.com <DDPattison>
Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2001 19:48:00 EDT

In a message dated 9/2/01 1:03:05 AM Central Daylight Time, ccbc-net at lists.education.wisc.edu writes:

<< Of course, this is just my own
 neutral or perhaps emotional opinion. And I actually
 just wrote an article for September's SLJ on a topic
 very similar, so that may be why I felt the need to
 respond.
 
 Jennifer Bromann >>

But of course--there are many venues for reviews. For six years, I've done reviews of children's books for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (the largest statewide newspaper)and my reviews reflected by personal opinion. That's it.
 Did I like it or not and why. Sometimes, I put the book in context of the author's books, or I gave cautions to parents (as in, I consider this book a PG). Emotional response was one of the thengs I considered. For example, Elaine Marie Alphin's book, Counterfeit Son, brought a strong emotional response, and I expressed that freely.

So--it just depends.

-Darcy Pattison THE WAYFINDER, Greenwillow/Harpercollins Preview Website for The Wayfinder by Darcy Pattison
Received on Sun 02 Sep 2001 06:48:00 PM CDT