BOOKS FOR CHILDREN: How do you know what's good?

While there are many places (especially on the internet) where you can read book reviews, how do you really know if it's a good book or not when a single book might receive anywhere from one to five stars?
The answer: read the reviews of a book-addicted teacher librarian.


NOTE:
** The age recommendations are guidelines only; whether or not a certain book is suitable for a particular child depends on multiple factors, including their maturity, reading level, interests, and in some cases their experiences.
** While the ratings are largely based on my own personal appreciation/enjoyment of the book, they are also influenced by my experiences as a teacher and the potential attraction for the target-aged child (acknowledging that what one child may love, another may find exceptionally boring). A rating of 5 indicates the book is likely to be popular with the majority.


Saturday, January 24, 2015

Top Australian Authors

Booktopia ran a poll asking people to vote for their favourite Australian authors. One of the best features of the poll was that you could vote for multiple people (seriously, who can choose only one favourite author?) and then the votes were collated to give us the TOP TEN!

Children's authors in the top ten are Mem Fox (a must for ANY picture book collection), Andy Griffiths (not hard to see how he made the list when you know how his books are gobbled up in primary school), and John Flanagan (author of the popular Ranger's Apprentice series).

Congratulations!
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