When I handed out last year, I had a couple piles of books...
LITTLE kids - I had stuff like Snow White, and picture books
NOT SO LITTLE kids - Goosebumps, Choose your own Adventures
OLDER KIDS - Young adult novels
PARENTS - Steven King, Dean Koontz...
I had a lot more trick or treaters than books, so I handed out candy as
well, and I found it quite easy to randomly grab from an appropriate pile when
I had a small group or one and two kids come to the door.
I think that if you had a box that is free for the taking, certain children
just *might* take the Steven Kings, just because they know they're scary...
I'd be pretty careful if you're going to do it that way. Handing appropriate
books to appropriate children isn't as tough as you may be thinking, and the
parents are really appreciative when you hand *them* something as well.
~~just as a side note, when I was a young trick or treater and still going
with a parent chaperone, my Dad made me skip the houses that just had bowls
waiting outside rather than someone actually opening the door and handing out
candy. It was because no one was monitoring those bowls and it is just as
easy to throw something in as it is to take something out.
day-zee
Kate McDevitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>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!
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