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El_Johns

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18. +1. At that age, it seemed an entry to the secret world of grown-ups to me.

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Sun Jan 12, 2014, 10:42 PM

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the school librarian told this to my 13 year old granddaughter [View all] iwillalwayswonderwhy Jan 2014 OP

Just go to the first part of the non-fiction section. Archae Jan 2014 #1

The only thing that comes close is an Academic Peer Review (Placed in the open for all to comment). TheBlackAdder Jan 2014 #2

Now that's a poor librarian. MineralMan Jan 2014 #3

Good grief. historylovr Jan 2014 #4

I think you should address this with the librarian Ilsa Jan 2014 #5

The librarian at our school used to tell the kids that when reading fiction, pnwmom Jan 2014 #6

Why shouldn't someone look up the Jenoch Jan 2014 #8

They can if they want, but stopping the story to look up every unfamiliar word destroys the El_Johns Jan 2014 #9

Just click on it FreeJoe Jan 2014 #11

Funny, none of our paper books do that. pnwmom Jan 2014 #16

Clicking on it doesn't teach them how to deduce the meaning from context on their own. El_Johns Jan 2014 #17

It was my grandparents' library for me. And their ancient Encylopedia Britannica, pnwmom Jan 2014 #15

+1. At that age, it seemed an entry to the secret world of grown-ups to me. El_Johns Jan 2014 #18

Because it takes you out of the flow of the story and much of the fun goes away. pnwmom Jan 2014 #14

Yes, better than someone who looked it up. You forget something you looked up easily, but when El_Johns Jan 2014 #20

It's the same way children learn spoken language. Babies don't sit there asking adults pnwmom Jan 2014 #22

Yes. Babies are rewarded by interaction with people, just like kids under the best of circumstances El_Johns Jan 2014 #24

Yes! Which is why I also didn't like the librarian's discouragement pnwmom Jan 2014 #32

Agree. Let them read what captures their imagination. My 7 year old cousin is reading comic El_Johns Jan 2014 #33

Now graphic novels are big, so comic book lovers can move on to them. pnwmom Jan 2014 #34

I think that was for a older demographic. :) El_Johns Jan 2014 #35

Magic cards! That's what finally got my youngest reading. Laffy Kat Jan 2014 #36

Yeah -- my six year old was highly motivated to read the Mario Brothers manual. pnwmom Jan 2014 #37

Limbaugh and Hannity's books are filed under non-fiction Fumesucker Jan 2014 #7

Couldn't finish them. Ran out of crayons. Magenta works best. kairos12 Jan 2014 #30

Does this librarian even hold an MLIS? TheMightyFavog Jan 2014 #10

dr suess tells the truth--i knew it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! dembotoz Jan 2014 #12

Dr. Seuss rules. "Oh, The Places You'll Go." kairos12 Jan 2014 #31

I doubt that was a librarian. LWolf Jan 2014 #13

WOW KatyMan Jan 2014 #19

Yes, I doubt anyone with an MLS from any era would make that error Karia Jan 2014 #40

Message auto-removed Name removed Jan 2014 #21

My wife holds an MLIS JanMichael Jan 2014 #23

I doubt it was a librarian anyway. Librarians are generally book people, & book people know that El_Johns Jan 2014 #25

Tell your granddaughter to ask the librarian if "Mein Kampf" is all true. (nt) Nye Bevan Jan 2014 #26

That's only true of peer-reviewed work. Deep13 Jan 2014 #27

The librarian should know better, revisionist arthritisR_US Jan 2014 #28

Most non fiction stories are fiction. Otherwise it would be a boring story. Lint Head Jan 2014 #29

Good grief. SheilaT Jan 2014 #38

tell your granddaughter to stay away from the section where they place all the new, popular liberal_at_heart Jan 2014 #39