>Anyone else plan on giving books to children for Trick or Treat? I've never done it before, but I'd love to this year! I'm at a new house at the end of a circle so I don't know how many trick-or-treaters we'll get, but I'm game. Sounds like lots of fun!
I have a question though. I was discussing it tonight and up came the worry about kids grabbing inappropriate books from the box. I'd planned on having a mix of picture books, young adult books (like Goosebumps and Christopher Pike/R.L. Stine), and adult books (Stephen King, Koontz, etc.). The problem was, what if I young kid grabs a book intended for an older reader, gets home with it, and parents get mad. I live in Virginia. Northern Virginia, but in a somewhat conservative place (sadly) and parents tend to... over-react about things like that. And I certainly *wouldn't* want a 5 year old pulling out a copy of 'It' and getting to the orgy scene and being shocked. Okay, so that probably wouldn't happen, but my question remains. I don't want to have to babysit the books and dictate who can take what. I'd planned on two boxes (maybe three) for each type of book but now I'm paranoid and concerned that kids will end up with books they shouldn't have. Should I scrap everything potentially too violent to be safe? Or should I try the different boxes and hope for the best? Anyone have any advice based on past experience? Thanks! KateKintail "Fiction reveals truths that reality obscures." -Jessamyn West Personal: http://www.kintailscape.com Work: http://www.awpwriter.org, http://www.appletonhc.com, http://www.unzippedart.com BookCrossing: http://katekintail.bookcrossing.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Have you told a friend today? http://bookcrossing.com/tellafriend Archives and email list settings: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BookCrossing Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BookCrossing/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BookCrossing/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
