One of the teachers I work with finally decided to pair the older versions with a newly released edition. When one one child began to enthusiastically read the'new' book, others were eager and sometimes willing to read the older books, regardless of the differences in the covers. I am always disgusted when I purchase a book I already own in some airport shop, fooled the the cover and desparate for something to read--so this recovering thing has me annoyed but if it gets kids to read those treasures they might otherwise pass up, I guess I can live with it.
Lori On Wed, 21 Mar 2007 19:10 , May Dartez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent: >You're so right, Heather. At my last school, one of the librarians had >the neat idea of having >STUDENTS design new paper-bag covers for books, so that other students >might read them. > >May > > > >> Heather: I think covers are very important. Students will not read >> books, no matter >> how good, if the covers look old or cheesy. I've seen plenty of "old" >> books >> that kids did not like. Then, when they were republished with a new >> cover, >> tons of kids would read it. > > >_______________________________________________ >The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org > >To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to >http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/ lit_literacyworkshop.org. > >Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive
