http://blogs.slj.com/nonfictionmatters/2010/10/25/what-we-learned-in-class-last-week/ A School Library Journal Blog Sun, 05 Aug 2012 22:26:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://blogs.slj.com/nonfictionmatters/2010/10/25/what-we-learned-in-class-last-week/comment-page-1/#comment-11638 Marc Aronson Tue, 26 Oct 2010 11:51:32 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/nonfictionmatters/?p=791#comment-11638 I think publishers would say that they cannot be responsible for other houses, and that their levels only relate to their own sequence of books. The problem is that parents don't buy by publisher or series, they buy by book, and see a 1, 2, or 3 on it and assume that numbers means the same thing on two different books. I think publishers would say that they cannot be responsible for other houses, and that their levels only relate to their own sequence of books. The problem is that parents don’t buy by publisher or series, they buy by book, and see a 1, 2, or 3 on it and assume that numbers means the same thing on two different books.

]]> http://blogs.slj.com/nonfictionmatters/2010/10/25/what-we-learned-in-class-last-week/comment-page-1/#comment-11591 Vicky Alvear Shecter Tue, 26 Oct 2010 00:34:16 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/nonfictionmatters/?p=791#comment-11591 The "vanity sizing" analogy is a good one. I'd be curious to know what publishers have to say about the discrepancies in reading levels/labeling. Although I would not be surprised, I would find it disappointing to learn that they're making decisions based on "marketing advantages" rather than reading appropriateness. The “vanity sizing” analogy is a good one. I’d be curious to know what publishers have to say about the discrepancies in reading levels/labeling. Although I would not be surprised, I would find it disappointing to learn that they’re making decisions based on “marketing advantages” rather than reading appropriateness.

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