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From: WMMayes at aol.com <WMMayes>
Date: Mon, 7 Jun 1999 20:59:15 EDT
In a message dated 6/7/99 5:35:51 PM EST, linds_na at oak2.ci.oakland.ca.us writes:
<< ELOISE has
always seemed to me the "classic" crossover, and is one which I think
adults enjoy as adults AND children. >>
Of course, Kay Thompson maintained until the day she died that ELOISE was NOT a children's book and thwarted all attempts to reprint the later titles. It is only since her passing that Simon & Schuster has been able to bring the three later titles back into print. ELOISE is a great example of a crossover book, as it is one that adults buy more for themselves, I think, than for their children.
Walter the Giant Storyteller WMMayes at aol.com
Received on Mon 07 Jun 1999 07:59:15 PM CDT
Date: Mon, 7 Jun 1999 20:59:15 EDT
In a message dated 6/7/99 5:35:51 PM EST, linds_na at oak2.ci.oakland.ca.us writes:
<< ELOISE has
always seemed to me the "classic" crossover, and is one which I think
adults enjoy as adults AND children. >>
Of course, Kay Thompson maintained until the day she died that ELOISE was NOT a children's book and thwarted all attempts to reprint the later titles. It is only since her passing that Simon & Schuster has been able to bring the three later titles back into print. ELOISE is a great example of a crossover book, as it is one that adults buy more for themselves, I think, than for their children.
Walter the Giant Storyteller WMMayes at aol.com
Received on Mon 07 Jun 1999 07:59:15 PM CDT
