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From: rmccutchan at caruspub.com <rmccutchan>
Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 13:37:30 -0500
Ginny's question as to whether currency of information in books on sports figures matters to second graders reminded me of a father-son exchange I overheard at Waldenbooks a few weeks ago, although the boy in question might have been 3rd or 4th grade. They were looking at sale books and, specifically, on a bio of a baseball player (don't ask me who--sorry to say I'm not at all sports-oriented!) but the boy was scanning the book jacket and flap and was very definite about telling his dad that the book was out-of?te and also definite in his expectation that a book about his sports heroes SHOULD be current.
Ron McCutchan Senior art director CRICKET magazine
Received on Mon 10 Sep 2001 01:37:30 PM CDT
Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 13:37:30 -0500
Ginny's question as to whether currency of information in books on sports figures matters to second graders reminded me of a father-son exchange I overheard at Waldenbooks a few weeks ago, although the boy in question might have been 3rd or 4th grade. They were looking at sale books and, specifically, on a bio of a baseball player (don't ask me who--sorry to say I'm not at all sports-oriented!) but the boy was scanning the book jacket and flap and was very definite about telling his dad that the book was out-of?te and also definite in his expectation that a book about his sports heroes SHOULD be current.
Ron McCutchan Senior art director CRICKET magazine
Received on Mon 10 Sep 2001 01:37:30 PM CDT
