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From: Margaret Lorusso <mlorusso>
Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 10:41:32 -0500
Julie,
Our Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys go out but not that often, except for the Nancy Drew Notebooks which are geared to younger readers.
---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "Julie Ranelli" <JRanelli at eccofdc.org> Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 14:04:11 -0500
>My responses are similar to Anne's observations. No one has ever checked
>out Nancy Drew. One boy asked once about Hardy Boys and may have read
>one book. I'm curious to hear about those two series, as well as the
>re-released Trixie Belden (which I loved as a kid).
>
>
>
>The kids here still read Goosebumps and especially enjoy the "You Choose
>the Scare" line. They also like the Matt Christopher sports fiction.
>Some like The Magic Tree House and Captain Underpants. A few read The
>American Girls. Hey L'il D by Bob Lanier, the Boxcar Children, and Amber
>Brown go out in spurts. One boy really likes the Nate the Great series,
>and I have another who was very interested in Roy's A to Z Mysteries.
>
>
>
>No one here is reading The Babysitters Club, but some do enjoy the
>Baby-sitter's Little Sister (Karen) series. I've seen little/no interest
>in Bailey School Kids or Encyclopedia Brown (I wonder if that will
>change if a movie is made next year...saw that as a possibility in
>Publisher's Weekly).
>
>
>
>I do think series books serve an important purpose in familiarizing
>students with the pattern of stories. They are also non-threatening ways
>to movie from easy readers into chapter books.
>
>
>
>Julie Ranelli
>
>
>
>School Library Media Specialist
>
>Episcopal Center for Children
>
>5901 Utah Ave. N.W.
>
>Washington, DC 20015
>
>(202) 363-1333 x278
>
>jranelli at eccofdc.org
>
>
>
>
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>Thank you very much.
>
>
>
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Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 10:41:32 -0500
Julie,
Our Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys go out but not that often, except for the Nancy Drew Notebooks which are geared to younger readers.
---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "Julie Ranelli" <JRanelli at eccofdc.org> Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 14:04:11 -0500
>My responses are similar to Anne's observations. No one has ever checked
>out Nancy Drew. One boy asked once about Hardy Boys and may have read
>one book. I'm curious to hear about those two series, as well as the
>re-released Trixie Belden (which I loved as a kid).
>
>
>
>The kids here still read Goosebumps and especially enjoy the "You Choose
>the Scare" line. They also like the Matt Christopher sports fiction.
>Some like The Magic Tree House and Captain Underpants. A few read The
>American Girls. Hey L'il D by Bob Lanier, the Boxcar Children, and Amber
>Brown go out in spurts. One boy really likes the Nate the Great series,
>and I have another who was very interested in Roy's A to Z Mysteries.
>
>
>
>No one here is reading The Babysitters Club, but some do enjoy the
>Baby-sitter's Little Sister (Karen) series. I've seen little/no interest
>in Bailey School Kids or Encyclopedia Brown (I wonder if that will
>change if a movie is made next year...saw that as a possibility in
>Publisher's Weekly).
>
>
>
>I do think series books serve an important purpose in familiarizing
>students with the pattern of stories. They are also non-threatening ways
>to movie from easy readers into chapter books.
>
>
>
>Julie Ranelli
>
>
>
>School Library Media Specialist
>
>Episcopal Center for Children
>
>5901 Utah Ave. N.W.
>
>Washington, DC 20015
>
>(202) 363-1333 x278
>
>jranelli at eccofdc.org
>
>
>
>
>CONFIDENTIALITY WARNING!!!
>This communication may be confidential and legally privileged. If you are not the person to whom it is addressed, do not read, copy or let anyone else besides the addressee see it. Please respect the confidentiality of this personal information and respect the federal and state laws that protect its confidentiality. If this has been transmitted to you by mistake, we ask you to extend the courtesy of notifying us at the e-mail address listed above and telling us what went wrong.
>Thank you very much.
>
>
>
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-- Margaret LoRusso Harrison Public Library New York --Received on Fri 25 Nov 2005 09:41:32 AM CST
