On PW’s ShelfTalker
blog, Elizabeth Bluemle recently posed the
question, “Are
We Rushing Kids Out of Picture Books?” She’ll soon be speaking on a panel in San Antonio, TX, about booksellers’ experiences
with adults (that is, parents and grandparents) who seem to be pushing kids into chapter books at younger
and younger ages, and she’s seeking thoughts from commenters on how to reverse this
trend. She’ll summarize the panel later in this upcoming week, but meanwhile, both her initial post and the discussion in the comments are well
worth a read.
—Contributed by
Kjersten Hayes
Kjersten Hayes