Book question - 07/10/11 02:50 AM
Ok, so I've just read a couple of Magic Treehouse books. I know a lot of you really like them, and I'm wondering about a couple of things.
What age group do you have that likes them? And I know that your kiddos' ages will be typical for a different demographic from what the books actually aim for -- that is to say, if the books aim for, say, 3rd or 4th grade (?), then yours are probably age 5 or 6.
Do you think that a big book that would encompass a dozen different Magic Treehouse plots, say 65000 words or so, would meet with favor with your kids who like these little ones, or is it better that they are all split up into 12 different books in that amount of words? I estimate book #2, for instance, to be about 6000 words. For a book aimed at our gifties of about age 6-9ish, would yours prefer it to be all one book or a bunch of small ones like the MT series?
I ask because I am close to finishing my NaNovel from last November, which is such a book, and I'm looking at some of the current "hot" equivalents to get a feel for whether it's likely to fly or not. It would lend itself to a series of short books if necessary, or it could be (and was intended to be) one fairly large (for the genre and age-range) book on its own.
Ideas?
What age group do you have that likes them? And I know that your kiddos' ages will be typical for a different demographic from what the books actually aim for -- that is to say, if the books aim for, say, 3rd or 4th grade (?), then yours are probably age 5 or 6.
Do you think that a big book that would encompass a dozen different Magic Treehouse plots, say 65000 words or so, would meet with favor with your kids who like these little ones, or is it better that they are all split up into 12 different books in that amount of words? I estimate book #2, for instance, to be about 6000 words. For a book aimed at our gifties of about age 6-9ish, would yours prefer it to be all one book or a bunch of small ones like the MT series?
I ask because I am close to finishing my NaNovel from last November, which is such a book, and I'm looking at some of the current "hot" equivalents to get a feel for whether it's likely to fly or not. It would lend itself to a series of short books if necessary, or it could be (and was intended to be) one fairly large (for the genre and age-range) book on its own.
Ideas?