[CALIBK12] genre labels

[Ehret-Straesser, Judith]

I have done this at my high school and they are appreciated by teachers who bring their classes in for free reading books as well as by the students. I can't always be there for all of the students when they come in as a class, so they like knowing that romance books have a heart, scary stories have a ghost, etc.  I just wish there were labels for tearjerkers, child abuse, and gang stories. That's what I seem to spend my time searching for students. I use Highsmith because they had the best selection when I started doing this about 10 years ago. And I put up a chart with all the labels I use and what they stand for.

Judie Ehret Straesser
Teacher Librarian
Elsie Allen High School
599 Bellevue Ave.
Santa Rosa, CA 95407
707-528-5749
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From: calibk12-bounces at lists.sjsu.edu [calibk12-bounces at lists.sjsu.edu] On Behalf Of Helen Murdoch [hcmurdoch at yahoo.com]
Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2009 11:28 AM
To: CALIB List
Subject: [CALIBK12] genre labels

We are considering putting genre labels on our fiction books (at a high school). Do other high schools do this? What company's labels do you use? Demco?

Helen Murdoch
Teacher Librarian
San Marcos High School
4750 Hollister Avenue
Santa Barbara, CA 93110
805-967-4581 x232




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