Harry Potter

[Peter Giordano]

On Tue, 4 Jul 2000, Timothy Strzechowski wrote:
[...]
> When all is said and done, the books are leading kids to READ (and not
> go on shooting sprees), which negates simplicity of plot and character
> any day!


Actually, this is not quite true no matter what the hype - The experience
most librarians have is that kids come in, ask for Harry Potter, and walk
out with Potter or nothing -Potter doesn't draw children into reading - It
draws them into participating in a media event

Peter