LunaLee Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 how do you give them choices? Do you comprise a list they can choose from, or do you have another reference to give them. At this point I'm not sure I could send ds in B&N or even over to Amazon and say "choose 6 fiction, 6 nonfiction, and 6 biographies" and end up with some quality choices. Usually I just make a really huge list of books and have him choose from those, but I was just wondering how other people do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robsiew Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 I just came up with a good idea today that I'm working on. I decided I would like my older two to be able to have some control over choosing their books, but I want to limit their choices. I also don't think just a list would help them as they can't really see the book or know what it is about just from the title. I just created a "listmania" list at Amazon for my oldest. Had to split it in 2 because you can only get 40 things on the list at once. Here he can view the books and descriptions and tell me what he'd like to read next. I won't buy them as we have a great library, but it's really just for him to choose a book. Here's the one I just made for my upcoming 6th grade boy.... http://www.amazon.com/Jayden-6th-Grade-A/lm/R2ZP1FEEYHBQLL/ref=cm_lm_byauthor_title_full Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandragood1 Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 The Amazon list is BRILLIANT!!!!! I am SO doing that! Now if I can just figure out how to get the library e-books onto the Kindle... Sandra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robsiew Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 Now if I can just figure out how to get the library e-books onto the Kindle... Sandra Here's our library page that explains it... not sure if all libraries are the same? http://www.rochesterpubliclibrary.org/downloadable/ebooks.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoot Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 I make a list and let him choose X number from each category. That Amazon idea is brilliant! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LunaLee Posted July 24, 2012 Author Share Posted July 24, 2012 That Amazon idea is brilliant! :iagree: Thanks for that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heliconian Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 This is a much more efficient system than mine, which is usually to request 20-25 books from the library, bring them all home, put them in stacks on the table, and make the boys tell me which ones to return. The Amazon list sounds MUCH easier on my back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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