While I wrote an article titled Reading Levels: How I Assign Reading Levels to Books, How the Publishers Do It and How You Can Help Your Reader Find the Right Book at the Right Time that discusses how reading levels are determined by professionals and amateurs like myself, there is more on this subject to discuss. Determining the reading level of a book from the children's section is never easy, mostly because there are several different standardized methods of determining reading levels. Add to this the fact that knowing their children's reading level is most often the only tool a parent is armed with when exploring the bookstore, library, website, etc, and the job becomes even more difficult. While I think that knowing a child's reading level is a very valuable tool if your child is reading below grade level, I think that it is a secondary consideration when finding books for children reading above, especially well above, grade level because, in most cases, content app
Thanks to Google for letting me know it is Dian Fossey's birthday today, and thanks for reminding me of this amazing graphic novel from last year - PRIMATES : The Fearless Science of Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey and Biruté Galdikas written by Jim Ottaviani and illustrated by Maris Wicks. To honor Fossey and her work, you can make a donation to Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International.
