[HPforGrownups] Re: Stephen King on Book 7

Lee Kaiwen leekaiwen at yahoo.com
Sat Aug 11 19:26:40 UTC 2007


No: HPFGUIDX 175121

Tracy Woods blessed us with this gem On 11/08/2007 23:43:

> "One last thing: The bighead academics seem to think that 
 > Harry's magic will not be strong enough to make ... nonreaders
 > ...into bookworms...

OK, I'm just going to repeat something I heard somewhere, but I thought 
I recently read a bit of research that suggested the HP phenom hasn't, 
after all, had a measurable impact on youth reading rates. Kids who 
read, read HP; kids who don't just wait for the movie.

Ring any bells with anyone?

Lee Kaiwen, Taiwan




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