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From: HarrySpenc at aol.com <HarrySpenc>
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 18:10:40 EST
In my experience, girls will read fiction about the topic of interest
(whatever the sport may be) and don't seem to be bothered if the characters are boys. Boys rarely choose books with girls as main characters. As a kid, I read a lot of sports fiction, mostly with boy characters. At that time, there were no girls in Little League. Perhaps, as mentioned earlier in the month, I read because I couldn't play.
Most of the sports nonfiction requests I get from girls are about what someone called 'glamour sports'. (I'm not sure I like the term, given the injury rate for gymnastics) During the Olympics, I had a flurry of requests for books on the current ice skaters. Before a book could possibly be published, those requests nearly stopped. Thank goodness for the Internet! Girls seem more interested in the personalities than in the particulars of these sports, and even that is short-lived. I can't blame them, since the judging is so objective as to be a mystery to most of us. It's just not the same as counting points and turnovers.
Bridget Hill Harry Spence Elementary La Crosse, WI
Received on Mon 25 Jan 1999 05:10:40 PM CST
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 18:10:40 EST
In my experience, girls will read fiction about the topic of interest
(whatever the sport may be) and don't seem to be bothered if the characters are boys. Boys rarely choose books with girls as main characters. As a kid, I read a lot of sports fiction, mostly with boy characters. At that time, there were no girls in Little League. Perhaps, as mentioned earlier in the month, I read because I couldn't play.
Most of the sports nonfiction requests I get from girls are about what someone called 'glamour sports'. (I'm not sure I like the term, given the injury rate for gymnastics) During the Olympics, I had a flurry of requests for books on the current ice skaters. Before a book could possibly be published, those requests nearly stopped. Thank goodness for the Internet! Girls seem more interested in the personalities than in the particulars of these sports, and even that is short-lived. I can't blame them, since the judging is so objective as to be a mystery to most of us. It's just not the same as counting points and turnovers.
Bridget Hill Harry Spence Elementary La Crosse, WI
Received on Mon 25 Jan 1999 05:10:40 PM CST
