http://www.sassymonkeyreads.ca/?p=2826 Reading is better in bed Thu, 09 Sep 2010 16:37:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.sassymonkeyreads.ca/?p=2826&cpage=1#comment-8351 sassymonkey Sat, 27 Feb 2010 16:21:24 +0000 http://www.sassymonkeyreads.ca/?p=2826#comment-8351 Well thanks for coming back! :) Well thanks for coming back!

]]> http://www.sassymonkeyreads.ca/?p=2826&cpage=1#comment-8350 sassymonkey Sat, 27 Feb 2010 16:21:03 +0000 http://www.sassymonkeyreads.ca/?p=2826#comment-8350 I did see (and maybe swooned for being mentioned in the same article as Judy Blume is quoted). I did see (and maybe swooned for being mentioned in the same article as Judy Blume is quoted).

]]> http://www.sassymonkeyreads.ca/?p=2826&cpage=1#comment-8349 sassymonkey Sat, 27 Feb 2010 16:12:01 +0000 http://www.sassymonkeyreads.ca/?p=2826#comment-8349 I know! Isn't Atticus one of the ultimate role models? I know! Isn’t Atticus one of the ultimate role models?

]]> http://www.sassymonkeyreads.ca/?p=2826&cpage=1#comment-8348 sassymonkey Sat, 27 Feb 2010 16:03:13 +0000 http://www.sassymonkeyreads.ca/?p=2826#comment-8348 Their ratings don't always jibe with what actually happens in the book. If any sexual activity is mentioned it rates the book higher and pushes up the age. Liz B noticed that with other things as well (eg. adults drinking). I'd like their system a heck of a lot better if it actually didn't have ages on it. Their ratings don’t always jibe with what actually happens in the book. If any sexual activity is mentioned it rates the book higher and pushes up the age. Liz B noticed that with other things as well (eg. adults drinking). I’d like their system a heck of a lot better if it actually didn’t have ages on it.

]]> http://www.sassymonkeyreads.ca/?p=2826&cpage=1#comment-8347 sassymonkey Sat, 27 Feb 2010 15:55:22 +0000 http://www.sassymonkeyreads.ca/?p=2826#comment-8347 Yes, it's that they are *just* putting the red flag issues. Balance is needed. Yes, it’s that they are *just* putting the red flag issues. Balance is needed.

]]> http://www.sassymonkeyreads.ca/?p=2826&cpage=1#comment-8340 Megan Graff Fri, 26 Feb 2010 02:06:16 +0000 http://www.sassymonkeyreads.ca/?p=2826#comment-8340 Thank you for pointing out the differences between what Common Sense Media is saying and how Barnes & Noble is portraying it. I stumbled across your blog a couple of years ago but hadn't visited recently. A google search brought me back! Thank you for pointing out the differences between what Common Sense Media is saying and how Barnes & Noble is portraying it.
I stumbled across your blog a couple of years ago but hadn’t visited recently. A google search brought me back!

]]> http://www.sassymonkeyreads.ca/?p=2826&cpage=1#comment-8338 Elizabeth W Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:25:20 +0000 http://www.sassymonkeyreads.ca/?p=2826#comment-8338 Wanted to make sure you saw this take on age rating and common sense, and Judy Blume- from Salon's Broadsheet http://www.salon.com/life/broadsheet/index.html .-= Elizabeth W´s last blog ..<a href="http://elizabethwillse.com/2010/02/22/black-history-month-books-for-children/" rel="nofollow">Black History Month Books for Children</a> =-. Wanted to make sure you saw this take on age rating and common sense, and Judy Blume- from Salon’s Broadsheet
http://www.salon.com/life/broadsheet/index.html
Elizabeth W´s last blog ..Black History Month Books for Children

]]> http://www.sassymonkeyreads.ca/?p=2826&cpage=1#comment-8337 sassymonkey Thu, 25 Feb 2010 22:51:19 +0000 http://www.sassymonkeyreads.ca/?p=2826#comment-8337 And that is where I see the usefulness in something like Common Sense Media - parents who want to prepare themselves for questions. Because while it's great to ask kids what they are reading sometimes you aren't prepared for the questions they have. Very useful for that I think. And that is where I see the usefulness in something like Common Sense Media – parents who want to prepare themselves for questions. Because while it’s great to ask kids what they are reading sometimes you aren’t prepared for the questions they have. Very useful for that I think.

]]> http://www.sassymonkeyreads.ca/?p=2826&cpage=1#comment-8336 Suz Thu, 25 Feb 2010 22:43:16 +0000 http://www.sassymonkeyreads.ca/?p=2826#comment-8336 Ummm, but the stuff on their own website is so completely subjective. No role models in To Kill A Mockingbird? Are they insane? Ummm, but the stuff on their own website is so completely subjective. No role models in To Kill A Mockingbird? Are they insane?

]]> http://www.sassymonkeyreads.ca/?p=2826&cpage=1#comment-8331 Read Alert » Barnes and Noble age branding? Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:37:34 +0000 http://www.sassymonkeyreads.ca/?p=2826#comment-8331 [...] Want more? Here’s Publisher’s Weekly and Sassymonkey. [...] [...] Want more? Here’s Publisher’s Weekly and Sassymonkey. [...]

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