women, men, reading, HP

susanmcgee48176 Schlobin at aol.com
Fri Dec 28 01:24:39 UTC 2007


 NPR : Why Women Read More Than Men
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14175229&sc=emaf 


Here's the bit about HP

There are exceptions to the fiction gap. More boys than girls have 
read The Harry Potter series, according to its U.S. publisher, 
Scholastic. What's more, Harry Potter made more of an impact on boys' 
reading habits. Sixty-one percent agreed with the statement "I didn't 
read books for fun before reading Harry Potter," compared with 41 
percent of girls






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