From: Jennifer Bromann <bromannj>
Date: Mon, 08 Nov 1999 17:16:05 CST

I could not force this book on anyone when it first came out. It sat on my new book shelf for weeks and then remained lonely on the shelf for awhile, too. I read it and tried to tell kids, especially boys, what it was about
(all the magic and how he was kept in a cabinet, etc.)when they were looking for a book to read, but the number of pages scared them. It wasn't until people started talking about it on TV and in magazines that we started to get requests for it. And most of the requests are from adults. The kids obviously do like it (I don't), but with this much media attention I am sure most good books or books with topics of interest to children would be just as popular. Are teachers reading it just because it is popular? Or do they normally read other books that would be just as interesting? I am not in a school, so I don't know the answer.

Jennifer Bromann Prairie Trails Public Library Burbank, IL


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