>Sweet Valley Lowdown

by Roger Sutton
May 03, 2006 | Filed in Articles & Opinion
>Semi-juicy stuff here on book packager Alloy, link courtesy of Gawker. But you'll want to slap Francine Pascal, honestly.
Roger Sutton
Roger Sutton

Editor Emeritus Roger Sutton was editor in chief of The Horn Book, Inc., from 1996-2021. He was previously editor of The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books and a children's and young adult librarian. He received his MA in library science from the University of Chicago in 1982 and a BA from Pitzer College in 1978.

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Melinda

>Evil. Eeeeeevil!

Posted : May 11, 2006 02:15

James A. Owen

>My favorite quote from the article:

>>>When authors are brought in to write their own books...<<<

At the moment I find that really funny - that it's presented as only ONE of their options for producing books - but am sure at some point, it's going to cause me to wake up screaming.

Posted : May 04, 2006 06:56

kt horning

>Francine Pascal fails to mention the most important value readers picked up from the Sweet Valley High Books -- shopping!

The description of Alloy sounds a lot like the old Stratemeyer Syndicate from days of yore.

Posted : May 04, 2006 02:33

Jane

>Excuse me while I rush to the bathroom and empty myself of the Pascal comment. In fact of the entire article. I may be a while.

Jane

Posted : May 03, 2006 11:47

Laura

>Umm, yeah, that's exactly what I got out of the one Sweet Valley High book I read as a young person (on the theory that you had to have read one in order to have an opinion). Thankfully they're pretty short.

Posted : May 03, 2006 10:04

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