Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Story of Holly and Ivy


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The result was   keep. (non-admin closure) – Davey 2010 •  (talk)  01:35, 22 July 2014 (UTC)

The Story of Holly and Ivy

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Article makes no assertion as to the notability of this book, and an Internet search does not indicate any awards or unusual recognition. I can't find any indication that it has received the level of attention necessary to make it stand out from any other children's book. Notability can't be inherited from the author or from the illustrator-- the book has to stand on its own, and as near as I can tell, it does not do this. KDS 4444 Talk  04:23, 14 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Comment. I am finding some information for the book, such as it being listed here as a recommended read for children. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)   04:55, 14 July 2014 (UTC)
 * There's also some evidence that it was/is being used in the classroom as well:, Tokyogirl79  (｡◕‿◕｡)   05:06, 14 July 2014 (UTC)


 * Keep. It took some serious, serious digging to find a lot of these sources, but I've found enough to show that the book passes notability guidelines. It's listed as a recommended/summer read for a lot of classrooms and I've found some coverage for the animated special. There's a stage production as well, but I'm not entirely going to count that towards notability since all I can find is a routine notification. I included that in the article, but really just as a small trivial detail than anything else. It seems to get mentioned quite frequently in various "you should read this during the holidays" articles and given a mini review. There's also a Publishers Weekly review, but I'm trying to find a better link to it than the one I have. That it was mentioned in a 2013 NYPL panel on dolls in literature says a lot for its notability. Tokyogirl79  (｡◕‿◕｡)   05:19, 14 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:56, 15 July 2014 (UTC)
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