Explorink

About Explorink July 23, 2007

To put it bluntly-I was blognapped! I have worked in an elementary school library for (well) ever and have never been too reticent about voicing my enthusiasm for children’s books. My oldest daughter thought it was obviously the moment to do something “timely” with these opinions, so here I am. Whenever I read a book review, I start to worry when it goes on and on and… well, you get the point, “So,” thinks I, “how about reviews that are short and to the point.” I’m always hearing, “Is the book good?” “Will my child like it?” “Will my students stay awake through it?” “Where do you keep the good books?” (Alas, Dewey didn’t cover that one.) So, in this venue-think back to the “blognapped” part- I will in startling poignant humility throw out some suggestions in the following short (I promise.) book reviews. Children’s book reviews have been done ad nauseum, though very competently, thoroughly, and indiscriminately. Explorink will be different in the selections. We’ll only talk about books that (hmm) I like, that I have read to kids, that librarians like, that librarians read to kids, that teachers like, that teachers read to kids and, most importantly, that kids like. (Phew.) No, I haven’t forgotten that one person’s Hershey bar is another’s, “Ugh, chocolate.”