a call for HP fans in San Diego

[PenapartElf at penapart_elf.yahoo.invalid]

Saw the below at OTC and thought it belongs at HP4GU-
California too.

:) Penapart Elf



http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPFGU-OTChatter/message/27398

From: "rmshowley" <rmshowley @...> 
Date: Tue May 31, 2005  10:26 am 
Subject: HP fans in San Diego  

I'm a staff writer at The San Diego Union-Tribune
preparing a story to tie into the release of HP6 and am seeking avid
HP readers who I can interview. Please respond to my business email
at roger.showley @... [minus that extra space]
The focus of the story is the unique appeal of HP to
young readers, teens and adults; the books have been out long enough
for today's graduating high school seniors to have begun reading them
in the fourth or fifth grade and I would like to talk to a
couple of them.
Related to that is the question of what else this age
group reads and what influence HP books have had on their general
reading habits.
> A colleague is writing a broader story on the subject of
summer reading habits and reading lists issued by their English
teachers. How come kids don't like those reading lists, full of
'classics' that were popular a century ago? And why are HP and other
modern fantasies that have been well received by critics on the
lists?
We're also interested in the opinion of school and public
librarians and English teachers.
If you fit any of these categories, please email back
ASAP.
Thanks much.
Roger Showley, staff writer,
The San Diego Union-Tribune