*Note on the books that
we include
(1)
We only
list books that can be purchased at Amazon.com . That may
sound odd, but we do have a good reason. We have all had the
experience of getting super excited about a book that would be
"perfect" for an upcoming lesson, only to discover that the school
library doesn't have a copy and we can't find it anywhere online.
So...we don't list
out-of-print books or books that would be really hard for a teacher to
get ahold of. And since Amazon appears to be the largest
bookseller on the
planet, we decided to make that our criteria. That way, if a
teacher's school library doesn't have a copy, he or she doesn't have to
do too much running around to get a copy elsewhere. Because let's face
it...what teacher has that kind of time!
(2)
We don't
list books with poor Amazon reviews. This is
a hard one, since I think everyone has a book that they absolutely
'love' but that, quite bafflingly, didn't impress other readers quite
as much. Our goal is to list books that are as close to a sure
hit as possible, and we think lots of positive reader reviews is a good
way to accomplish that. So if the book you want to suggest
has poor reviews on Amazon, maybe you could add a review there
yourself, and start the tide turning in a positive favor. And
then...once that happens, we can add your book. But until
then, no can do. Sorry. We need at least 3.5 stars but prefer 4 or
more.
And
that's all. Hope we are still friends. :)