Ask an older child to take a look back through their library at books from when they were younger. What do they see? Ask them to pick out three of their favorite books. How do they value their favorites now that they are older? Do the top five books in their library hold the same appeal? Why or why not? Some children might automatically spot things that no longer feel quite “right” without any prompts from the educators, teachers, or care-givers in their lives. The adults might find children’s attention to details in the story and the book’s illustrations extraordinary. Books that children grow up with carry deeper meaning and key memories for every child, and as they grow children naturally question what and how the story has been presented to them when they first read the book.

Take these two book reviews as examples of child centered curation. In these two videos an eleven year old child brings up two favoured books that he now finds problematic, and then he independently identifies why.