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From: Lora Koehler <LKoehler_at_SLCoLibrary.org>
Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2012 19:33:57 +0000
I would offer that a book could be considered historical when it's time per iod occurs before the birth of the children who are the book's intended aud ience.
I remember helping a child find a country book in a school library. The cop yright date, while not current, was within reason, and I told the child tha t "this book was published in ____, but I think you'll find the information
for this country still good."
She looked at me, shocked. "That was before I was born!"
"Hmm, you have a point there," I thought. Time is relative, isn't it?
-Lora Koehler
Children's Librarian
Millcreek Center Library
Salt Lake County Library System
Received on Fri 02 Nov 2012 07:33:57 PM CDT
Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2012 19:33:57 +0000
I would offer that a book could be considered historical when it's time per iod occurs before the birth of the children who are the book's intended aud ience.
I remember helping a child find a country book in a school library. The cop yright date, while not current, was within reason, and I told the child tha t "this book was published in ____, but I think you'll find the information
for this country still good."
She looked at me, shocked. "That was before I was born!"
"Hmm, you have a point there," I thought. Time is relative, isn't it?
-Lora Koehler
Children's Librarian
Millcreek Center Library
Salt Lake County Library System
Received on Fri 02 Nov 2012 07:33:57 PM CDT
