http://blogs.slj.com/nonfictionmatters/2011/12/09/road-trip/ 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/2011/12/09/road-trip/comment-page-1/#comment-43528 Marc Aronson Sat, 10 Dec 2011 12:40:18 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/nonfictionmatters/?p=1258#comment-43528 thank you, we need to all think together to find ways past this quagmire of the dumbed down. thank you, we need to all think together to find ways past this quagmire of the dumbed down.

]]> http://blogs.slj.com/nonfictionmatters/2011/12/09/road-trip/comment-page-1/#comment-43419 Nancy O'Donnell Fri, 09 Dec 2011 19:26:31 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/nonfictionmatters/?p=1258#comment-43419 I am one of the fortunate librarians who will be attending the all day conference in Buffalo, New York. Your statement "being nice to young readers — making everything easy: simple words, short sentences — we actually trap them in simplification, we do not allow them to move on" is so correct. However, how do we change this concept with book publishers that continue to produce books in this format, especially for high school students. Short and sweet, lots of pictures, and nothing over 150 pages is what I am finding in many book vendor catalogs. I can't get students to use or borrow anything different. They don't have the mental stamina to read, dig and absorb new ideas. I'm looking forward to the conference. I am one of the fortunate librarians who will be attending the all day conference in Buffalo, New York. Your statement “being nice to young readers — making everything easy: simple words, short sentences — we actually trap them in simplification, we do not allow them to move on” is so correct. However, how do we change this concept with book publishers that continue to produce books in this format, especially for high school students. Short and sweet, lots of pictures, and nothing over 150 pages is what I am finding in many book vendor catalogs. I can’t get students to use or borrow anything different. They don’t have the mental stamina to read, dig and absorb new ideas.
I’m looking forward to the conference.

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