2006-10-08 08:55:57 · 8 answers · asked by markin.gomez 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Celebrities
JKR included on '20 People Who Changed Childhood' list
Harry Potter author has been named one of the 20 people who have done most to inspire children. JKR was selected for her "unique contribution" to children's literacy and joins such other notables as Walt Disney, Michael Jordan, Jonas Salk, Steve Jobs and The Beatles.
The list, compiled by Child magazine, writes:
Before J.K. Rowling's bespectacled boy wizard went off to study at Hogwarts, some parents feared their kids would never enjoy reading. Once Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone hit U.S. bookstores in 1998, followed by five more installments, parents found their kids couldn't get enough of Rowling's fantasy adventure novels, some longer than 600 pages. To date more than 300 million Harry Potter books have sold worldwide; they crowded The New York Times bestseller list for so long that the newspaper created a separate children's list. "The Harry Potter books not only sparked an explosion of interest in reading," says Lisa Von Drasek, the children's librarian at the Bank Street College of Education in New York City, "they inspired kids to go out and discover other great books too."
2006-10-08 09:02:09 · answer #1 · answered by Markin Gomez 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I saw on a news channel that they're trying to ban the Harry Potter books again. It won't work, but these people need to get a life.
It's a fictional book and they act like she wrote a Bible and is trying to preach children into witchcraft. How many real kids do you know that can wave a wand and make things float? oooo, how evil is that?
*STUPID*
2006-10-08 16:13:33 · answer #2 · answered by LadyMagick 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know, but I know her book is coming out on 7/7/07, but I think the next movie is coming out before that...
2006-10-08 16:06:33 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
on her site it says she is trying 2 come up with a new word for the new hp book
2006-10-08 16:51:38 · answer #4 · answered by bballgurl52lala 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Her website jkrowling.com has lots of information about her and Harry Potter!
2006-10-08 15:58:30 · answer #5 · answered by jenelled143 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was just on her site yesterday. Nothing new going on.
2006-10-08 16:01:24 · answer #6 · answered by mynickname 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
last book in the series is all i have heard about.
2006-10-08 17:46:47 · answer #7 · answered by cadaholic 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
...?
2006-10-08 15:57:49 · answer #8 · answered by victor y 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋