Sunday, August 1, 2010

Student starred books

Here is a graphic format piece from School Library Journal about a radical idea - getting students to rate books they like with star inside the front cover...

http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/home/885428-312/seeing_stars_how_i_ignored.html.csp

What do you think ?!

2 comments:

  1. We think this is a great idea and are thinking of putting the stars on the spine to attract students looking for a book.

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  2. That's a good variation on the idea, and has the advantage of being visible to students while the book is on the shelf rather than needing to open the cover...
    I think it would be important to promote the fact that these are student-generated ratings.

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