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kestrell1. _Pingpong Perry Experiences How a Book Is Made (In the Library)_ Sandy Bridget Donovan (Picture Window Books, Jan. 2010) - Reading level: Ages 9-12
2. _Bob the Alien Discovers the Dewey Decimal System (In the Library)_ Sandy Bridget Donovan (Picture Window Books, Jan. 2010) - Reading level: Ages 9-12
Occasionally I come across a book which makes me think, "If I was a young bibliophile, I would want this book," so I try to scan that book for Bookshare, in hopes that the poor blind children will then be able to have access to the book.
Unfortunately, kids's books are typically very difficult to scan, as they often are slightly larger than the standard scanner, and they also typically have quote fun unquote or quote eye-catching unquote fonts, illustrations, or design elements which need to be included in the text but which also are typically difficult or impossible to scan. Thus, LJ user alexx_kay deserves quite a bit of credit for proofreading and writing descriptions for the pictures in these books.
_Bob the Alien_ was pretty awesome, and I love his t-shirt (it has a picture of a red-haired man and says "I believe"--that's an X-Files reference for those who didn't get it). Also, when his head spins, it literally spins. If you want a book that will turn young children on to the secret code of the DDS, this may be it, although it doesn't have the manic whimsy of a Daniel Pinkwater book (then again, what does?).
_Pingpong Perry_ gives a good explanation of how a book comes into being, but I was a bit disappointed that more specific terms like "copy edit" and "book review" were not used--I feel pretty certain that kids could grasp the more precise words, even if they do have more syllables. That is a rather small picky criticism, though. If you don't get the message from the title of this book, it has a lot of alliteration using p words, and it can be problematical putting the brakes on even after you have put the book down.
Psst, CV: I thought I would pass these along to you now that they've been proofread, any interest?
2. _Bob the Alien Discovers the Dewey Decimal System (In the Library)_ Sandy Bridget Donovan (Picture Window Books, Jan. 2010) - Reading level: Ages 9-12
Occasionally I come across a book which makes me think, "If I was a young bibliophile, I would want this book," so I try to scan that book for Bookshare, in hopes that the poor blind children will then be able to have access to the book.
Unfortunately, kids's books are typically very difficult to scan, as they often are slightly larger than the standard scanner, and they also typically have quote fun unquote or quote eye-catching unquote fonts, illustrations, or design elements which need to be included in the text but which also are typically difficult or impossible to scan. Thus, LJ user alexx_kay deserves quite a bit of credit for proofreading and writing descriptions for the pictures in these books.
_Bob the Alien_ was pretty awesome, and I love his t-shirt (it has a picture of a red-haired man and says "I believe"--that's an X-Files reference for those who didn't get it). Also, when his head spins, it literally spins. If you want a book that will turn young children on to the secret code of the DDS, this may be it, although it doesn't have the manic whimsy of a Daniel Pinkwater book (then again, what does?).
_Pingpong Perry_ gives a good explanation of how a book comes into being, but I was a bit disappointed that more specific terms like "copy edit" and "book review" were not used--I feel pretty certain that kids could grasp the more precise words, even if they do have more syllables. That is a rather small picky criticism, though. If you don't get the message from the title of this book, it has a lot of alliteration using p words, and it can be problematical putting the brakes on even after you have put the book down.
Psst, CV: I thought I would pass these along to you now that they've been proofread, any interest?
