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09-19-2006, 08:32 PM
| | |  JKR named one of '20 people who changed childhood'
Child Magazine has announced their list of 20 People Who Changed Childhood. The list honors "innovators in the fields of education, entertainment, medicine, and more who forever altered what it means to be young in America." J.K. Rowling has been placed fifth and is credited with sparking a new interest in reading among kids. She appears with other names such as Walt Disney, The Beatles, Dr. Seuss, and Michael Jordan.
The article has this to say about Ms. Rowling: Quote:
J. K. Rowling
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."
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09-20-2006, 11:47 PM
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Cool. You know, it's so true! I've met so many people who say that they never liked reading, then they started reading Harry Potter and they are in love with reading now. It's challenged people to try reading other books to. I am so happy! 
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09-21-2006, 12:07 AM
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Congratulations J.K.!!! You certainly changed my childhood. You really deserve it!
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09-21-2006, 12:18 AM
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Thats Awsome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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09-21-2006, 01:03 AM
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Wow! Awesome! Congrats, Jo! She definitely has made a big impact in not only the literature world.
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09-21-2006, 03:29 AM
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Good interview. Joanne really a great writer. And I think she is right. Dont give a point to a book if you dont kow what is in the content.^^
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09-21-2006, 03:44 AM
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Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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09-21-2006, 05:10 AM
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wow! she's amazing,
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09-21-2006, 10:05 AM
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I correct myself...she didn't only change my childhood...she changed my whole life!! I don't talk about anyhting else today!!!
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09-21-2006, 10:27 AM
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Wow, that's brilliant! Jo definitely deserves this!
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09-21-2006, 12:42 PM
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She's definitely up there in my list
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09-21-2006, 09:36 PM
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i think Jo should have came in 2nd or so...
but still, that's amazing!
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09-21-2006, 10:48 PM
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I know that JK defiantly changed my childhood. It wouldn't be the same without those books.
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09-22-2006, 03:27 PM
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Psh my life has totally improved because of JK, that's for sure
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09-22-2006, 05:50 PM
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09-22-2006, 11:57 PM
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Jo is such a great author how could anyone not like reading after one of her books?
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09-23-2006, 12:50 AM
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 Great one JK!, honestly you also touched mine.
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That's frickin wicked!! I know she definately changed my childhood. 
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09-23-2006, 11:44 AM
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That's cool! She def deserves it
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09-23-2006, 11:21 PM
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That so true! Go JK!!
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09-24-2006, 03:53 AM
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HUZAH!!!!! That is why we all love Harry Potter and JK.
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09-24-2006, 11:15 PM
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 That is so cool!!! J.K Rowling has truely deserved it!!! Because of her, I don't know what my obsession would have ever been, and if it weren't for Harry Potter, I have no idea what me OR my best friend woud have turned out to be... for all I know we would have been vagabonds..... LOL. Anyways, congrats to Jo!!! | |
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09-26-2006, 04:08 PM
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She really deserves it, because she changed mine. I used to be made fun of when I was younger, I'd go home and read Harry Potter and it was my escape from everything that happened at school that day. She is a wonderful author and I will read her books to my children. I even read them to my six year old little brother.
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09-26-2006, 08:12 PM
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She deserves it after all the work she's done on the six Harry Potter books because it's hard work to have over 300 pages in every single book. Great accomplishment also.
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09-27-2006, 03:26 PM
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i completely agree with them...Jo has changed childhood....i know that she has changed me......Thanks Jo...
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10-02-2006, 12:17 AM
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Wow thats awesome! She really deserved it!
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