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From: Lindsay, Nina <nlindsay>
Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2003 12:36:12 -0700
Yes, a lot of kids will try to read Harry Potter #5 and give up on it. But that doesn't mean they won't come back to it later. Younger kids tend to just not notice the things they aren't able to deal with in books with mature subjects. Who here read Lord of the Rings at 10 or 11, then again as an older teen or adult. Wasn't it a completely different work of literature the second time round? I hope any kid who is excited by Harry Potter will check out a copy from their public library. They'll get as far as they can in 2 or 3 weeks, and come back to try something else. (And, since our Summer Reading Game tracks hours of reading rather than number of books completed, it won't be a waste of time in that respect either).
At the Oakland Public Library (serving a population of about 425,000), we've ordered 300 copies. We're supposed to get the copies on Thursday, and are preparing an assembly line to get them processed, checked-in, and delivered to their pick-up locations in time for opening at 10am on Saturday, the release date. Whatever a child's experience of the reading the book is, I want them all to have that incredible gut-wrenchingly-lovely sense of anticipation and excitement in checking out a book from the library!
Nina
Nina Lindsay, Librarian Children's Room Oakland Public Library 125 14th Street Oakland CA 94612
(510) 238615 fax (510) 238h65 nlindsay at oaklandlibrary.org
Received on Wed 04 Jun 2003 02:36:12 PM CDT
Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2003 12:36:12 -0700
Yes, a lot of kids will try to read Harry Potter #5 and give up on it. But that doesn't mean they won't come back to it later. Younger kids tend to just not notice the things they aren't able to deal with in books with mature subjects. Who here read Lord of the Rings at 10 or 11, then again as an older teen or adult. Wasn't it a completely different work of literature the second time round? I hope any kid who is excited by Harry Potter will check out a copy from their public library. They'll get as far as they can in 2 or 3 weeks, and come back to try something else. (And, since our Summer Reading Game tracks hours of reading rather than number of books completed, it won't be a waste of time in that respect either).
At the Oakland Public Library (serving a population of about 425,000), we've ordered 300 copies. We're supposed to get the copies on Thursday, and are preparing an assembly line to get them processed, checked-in, and delivered to their pick-up locations in time for opening at 10am on Saturday, the release date. Whatever a child's experience of the reading the book is, I want them all to have that incredible gut-wrenchingly-lovely sense of anticipation and excitement in checking out a book from the library!
Nina
Nina Lindsay, Librarian Children's Room Oakland Public Library 125 14th Street Oakland CA 94612
(510) 238615 fax (510) 238h65 nlindsay at oaklandlibrary.org
Received on Wed 04 Jun 2003 02:36:12 PM CDT
