How do I determine what age level a particular book is
s.bothwell
"Skulking Rogue" <an...@cheshire.hopto.org> wrote in message
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> > Does anyone know of a web site or search engine that would allow me to
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> > enter a title and/or author and return suggestions? Or are there any
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> > published guidelines as to what is appropriate for certain ages?
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> If possible, you should ask a good librarian for some
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> quick pointers. I'm NOT a librarian but I've seen various
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> books and guides to chidrens' lit in the Reference
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> Sections of various libraries. One example: some books
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> are categorized by the frequency of certain words (that
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> are already sorted into age level lists).
As a Teachers Aide I know that School reading books generally have a ranking
system based on the frequency of certain words you could discuss this with
the school you are affiliated too, But as mentioned in a previous post
layout ,print size and Genre have a lot to do with it too.
I too suggest asking a librarian
Guinnea
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> Easier, faster is to look up books in existing dbases and use
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> their ratings. (amazon, www.nypl.org, www.bl.uk, www.loc.gov,
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Kevin Karplus
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> "Skulking Rogue" <an...@cheshire.hopto.org> wrote in message
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>> > Does anyone know of a web site or search engine that would allow me to
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>> > enter a title and/or author and return suggestions? Or are there any
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>> > published guidelines as to what is appropriate for certain ages?
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Not "appropriate for various ages" but a fairly nice indication of
reading level is available from www.lexile.com (many school and public
libraries have lexile ratings for the books in their collections in
their computerized catalogs as an additional search term).
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