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WINNETKA TALK November 21, 1925 (Continued from Page 31) a child liked it if he rated it either "one of the best books I ever read" or "a good book. I like it." Since one statement of liking indicates a greater degree of liking than the other, an average interest value was found for each book. We have called "one of the best books I ever read" a value of 100; "A good book, I like it" has been considered 67; "Not so very in- teresting" is called 33; and "I don't like it" zero Since most of the books which were read were liked by the majority of the children who balloted on them, the average interest values given to the majority of the books ranged from 67 to 90. Almost no books were valued higher than 90 and not many were valued lower than 67, when the average interest value given by all children was considered. Often one sex liked a book better than did the other. For example, "Cherry Tree Children" was given an interest value of 55 by the boys and yet was valued 73 by the girls. On the other hand "King Arthur and His Knights" was valued 80 by boys and 49 by girls. Because of these dif- ferences in interest value, the data for boys and for girls have been published separately for each book, making it very simple for the parent, librarian, or teacher to see immediately whether the book was liked better by boys or by girls, or whether it was liked equally by both sexes. Some of the books which were fairly widely read were not very well liked. These books have nevertheless been put on the graded list and all data given, since such data are of consider- able interest. Thus: "Talking Beasts" was given a value of 45 by the boys who read it. "Alice of Old Vincennes" was valued 35 by the girls who read it; 35, it will be remembered, is prac- tically the equivalent of an average rating of "Not so very interesting." "The Primer of Hygiene" was valued 47 by the boys and 39 by the girls. "Puck of Pook's Hill" was valued 22 by the girls. Survey all Grades The published list contains books liked by children of third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth grade reading ability. All facts as to the number of children reading each book, the percent who liked it, the in- terest value given to it and other statistical data are listed under each title. Is reading ability however the only factor which determines a childs choice? Are all books which fall in a sixth grade list read most often by eleven year olds and are all books which fall in a seventh grade list al- ways read most widely by twelve year olds? A study of the records shows that this is not the case. Chronological age plays an important part. Let us take for example eight books which were liked by children of sixth grade seme RADIO The Horner Piano Co., is the only authorized ZENITH Agency in Evanston. A complete line of high grade Radio Sets and ac- cessories. Horner Piano Co. 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