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From: James Elliott <libraryjim>
Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 14:10:55 -0400 (EDT)
My son has a similar story. His sister was the first to get 'bit' by the Potter bug. But he was a slow reader, so we got him the audio books, with the provision that he read along with the tapes. It worked like a charm.
He's read the last three now on his own! Thank you JKR!
Jim Elliott Tallahassee, FL
----- Original Message ----- From: Kathy Johnson <kmquimby at sover.net> To: ccbc-net at ccbc.ad.education.wisc.edu Sent: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 10:59:58 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [CCBC-Net] Harry Potter and Star Wars
I agree with everyone about the widespread appeal that Harry Potter shares with Star Wars. However, one of the things that makes it different is that Harry Potter is first and foremost a book and I have witnessed first-hand it's effect on struggling readers. I will never forget this one boy in particular. As a second-grader he'd been a "big book" kid--checking out a book because of it's size. Reading was clearly a challenge for him. But through that year and through third grade he moved from easy readers to chapter books and then, one day, he returned Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone and the expression on his face said it all. Not only had he read the book and liked it, but he was now a member of "the club." He could talk about the books everyone else was talking about.
While I'm sure there will be other epics with widespread appeal, I wonder if there will be more books of this scope. The last author I know of with this kind of appeal is Dickens.
Kathy Quimby
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Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 14:10:55 -0400 (EDT)
My son has a similar story. His sister was the first to get 'bit' by the Potter bug. But he was a slow reader, so we got him the audio books, with the provision that he read along with the tapes. It worked like a charm.
He's read the last three now on his own! Thank you JKR!
Jim Elliott Tallahassee, FL
----- Original Message ----- From: Kathy Johnson <kmquimby at sover.net> To: ccbc-net at ccbc.ad.education.wisc.edu Sent: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 10:59:58 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [CCBC-Net] Harry Potter and Star Wars
I agree with everyone about the widespread appeal that Harry Potter shares with Star Wars. However, one of the things that makes it different is that Harry Potter is first and foremost a book and I have witnessed first-hand it's effect on struggling readers. I will never forget this one boy in particular. As a second-grader he'd been a "big book" kid--checking out a book because of it's size. Reading was clearly a challenge for him. But through that year and through third grade he moved from easy readers to chapter books and then, one day, he returned Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone and the expression on his face said it all. Not only had he read the book and liked it, but he was now a member of "the club." He could talk about the books everyone else was talking about.
While I'm sure there will be other epics with widespread appeal, I wonder if there will be more books of this scope. The last author I know of with this kind of appeal is Dickens.
Kathy Quimby
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