Humor/commentary: Harry Potter

[BEVERLEY BULLER <bbuller@NEWTON.K12.KS.US>]

Some of you may have caught the NPR Harry feature this morning.
 On the heels of it, one of my seventh grade library aides returned
..Chamber of Secrets, saying, "I had to stay up really late to finish
this.  I wanted to read it right after supper, but we went to the
movies, and my mom caught me trying to take the book in with me
and wouldn't let me."

It is a powerful book that can overpower the spell of visual effects
that holds so many of the kids we work with captive.  As we know,
the book is almost always better than any movie--we've just got to
get kids to read the book.  Rowling's doing our job for us.  We just
have to be ready with other books we know kids will like to keep
the enchantment alive.


"Just the knowledge that a good book is waiting at the end
of the day makes that day happier." Kathleen Norris (1880-1966
                                Beverley Buller
                                Library Media Specialist
                                Chisholm Middle School, 900 East First, Newton, KS
                                bbuller@newton.k12.ks.us

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