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From: bookmarch_at_aol.com
Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 08:20:35 -0500 (EST)
From Megan's initial question on, I see one thread in all of the responses -- and this applies to every kind of book: there is no single standard, jus t as there is no "typical 5th grader" or 8th, or 10th -- remember friends, how we learned that the age at menarchy that doctors were using (15) was al l wrong, because based on such a limited sample. So girls getting their per iods at 11 were viewed as a sign of health problems, rather than a norm wit hin a given ethnic group. Writers, reviewers, librarians, teachers all need to be alert to the range and variety of readers at all grade levels, and n ot assume that their limited experience is universal. Once we open our eyes to variation, we can do better at both matching books and readers, and hel ping readers cope with the difficult and disturbing material they may choos e to read.
Marc Aronson
Received on Tue 22 Nov 2011 08:20:35 AM CST
Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 08:20:35 -0500 (EST)
From Megan's initial question on, I see one thread in all of the responses -- and this applies to every kind of book: there is no single standard, jus t as there is no "typical 5th grader" or 8th, or 10th -- remember friends, how we learned that the age at menarchy that doctors were using (15) was al l wrong, because based on such a limited sample. So girls getting their per iods at 11 were viewed as a sign of health problems, rather than a norm wit hin a given ethnic group. Writers, reviewers, librarians, teachers all need to be alert to the range and variety of readers at all grade levels, and n ot assume that their limited experience is universal. Once we open our eyes to variation, we can do better at both matching books and readers, and hel ping readers cope with the difficult and disturbing material they may choos e to read.
Marc Aronson
Received on Tue 22 Nov 2011 08:20:35 AM CST
