[LM_NET] Harry Potter Magic (No spoiler)

[Jan McGee <JMcgee8038@AOL.COM>]

My daughter and I were a Books-A-Million with hundreds of others waiting in  
line for our copies at midnight on Friday.  At three minutes until time,  they 
made an announcement and the room, which was packed,  fell  silent.  At 
12:01, when the first book was presented, the entire room broke  into applause and 
everyone cheered!  All for a book!  And what a  book!  I finished my book 
around 8:00 Sunday evening.  I have to  wonder how long it will be before we ever 
see this sort of phenomenon occur over  a book again--especially a 
"children's" book.  In 29 years as a librarian,  I've never seen so much 
excitement, so 
much delight, over a book.  And I  was just as excited as everyone else.  No, I 
was more excited, because I'm  a librarian. We, as librarians, have always 
known the beauty,  the wonder, and the delight inside the covers of books.   It  
was just such a thrill to see so many others share that same  sense of 
wonder. I will always believe that the true magic of Harry Potter  is the way J. K. 
Rowling worked the transfiguration spell that  turned so many of our students 
into avid readers.  
 
Jan McGee, LMS  
West Monroe  High School
201 Riggs Street
West Monroe, LA  71291
Library  Coordinator
Ouachita Parish School System
_jcmgee@ospb.net_ (mailto:jcmgee@ospb.net) 

"The illiterate of the  21st century will not be those who cannot read and 
write, but those who cannot  learn, unlearn, and relearn." -  AlvinToffler




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