General Questions

[Sandy, Moderator Emeritus]

Kathy G. wrote: "If a book lists two authors, and the second author is
the one noted as a "goodgreads author", does the
second author count?

Thanks"

yes, if both are authors - illustrators don't count.

[Susan A]

Special Forces - Mercenaries Part I -- does this book fit the general SRC requirements -- it's the Part 1 that concerns me.

THanks for your help.

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

Susan A wrote: "Special Forces - Mercenaries Part I -- does this book fit the general SRC requirements -- it's the Part 1 that concerns me.

THanks for your help."

Special Forces - Mercenaries Part I and Special Forces - Mercenaries Part II need to be read together to be used.

[JennRenee, Moderator]

I want to make sure this book is considered middle grade. I bought it in the middle grade section and it says ages 8-12 grades 3-7 on amazon and its shelved on Goodreads as middle grade. Dragonbreath. Just checking before I post.

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

JennRenee wrote: "I want to make sure this book is considered middle grade. I bought it in the middle grade section and it says ages 8-12 grades 3-7 on amazon and its shelved on Goodreads as middle grade."

After a lot of research, Dragonbreath will not work for SRC tasks.

[Ty]

might be better just to disallow the childrens genre altogether... not being facetious - just seems difficult for both readers and mods to figure out eligibility of a book.

[JennRenee, Moderator]

Ty wrote: "might be better just to disallow the childrens genre altogether... not being facetious - just seems difficult for both readers and mods to figure out eligibility of a book."

I think that will take away from those that really enjoy children's books like my husband. Its really hard to say what works or not. My personally think that as long as there are books being read that's all that matters. The page number requirements makes the most sense.

[JennRenee, Moderator]

Dlmrose wrote: "JennRenee wrote: "I want to make sure this book is considered middle grade. I bought it in the middle grade section and it says ages 8-12 grades 3-7 on amazon and its shelved on Goodreads as middle..."

thanks for checking. :)

[Book Concierge]

Ty wrote: "might be better just to disallow the childrens genre altogether... not being facetious - just seems difficult for both readers and mods to figure out eligibility of a book."

Another problem is that people sometimes misapply a genre. For example, I noticed that The Outsiders has the "childrens" genre, but it's really more of a young adult book.

I appreciate that the mods allow some childrens books that meet the page requirements.