Swiss Army Librarian ” Kid Book Reviews on StoryTubes … is an excellent post about the Kids Books Review….

But actually, my preference to use this idea in a library wouldn’t involve voting at all – it’d just be kids reviewing books. Perhaps work a deal with teachers so students get extra credit, but otherwise the video itself should be the goal.

Also– don’t you think that it would be better if the kids videos were judged on merit, not on this absurd popular vote? It seems like a better message for the kids. The kid with the second video, and his sister, have their entire school system voting daily because of organized parents and teachers. That hardly seems fair to kids who made gerat videos but don’t have parents’ who know how to network for votes. I’m suggesting to the sponsoring library that they have a merit-based award next year. It just seems liek a better message to the kids, don’t you think?