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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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Thats's great and totally true!!
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09-20-2006, 01:57 AM
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That is amazing! I <3 Jo, she is one of my biggest heros, and it really makes me happy to see that people recognize just how great she is! She really deserved this!  | 
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09-20-2006, 02:06 AM
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THAT IS SO COOL!
We all love you Jo!!
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09-20-2006, 02:21 AM
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Ahh, Jo changed my childhood. I hated reading and then I picked up Harry Potter. Needless to say I loved it and now I love reading. I'm even in Honors Language Arts, and want to be a Language Arts teacher. ahhhh feel good story of the day, lol
ha ha random Michel Jorden
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09-20-2006, 04:02 AM
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yay!! that's so great!
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That's great! Go Jo!!!
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It's fantastic that she's recognised for her contributions to reading/writing. Go Jo!
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09-20-2006, 09:12 AM
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thats so cool
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That's awesome!!!!!Go, JO!!!!!
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09-20-2006, 10:28 AM
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JKR did change childhood. We didn't have Harry Potter before her. Now little kids all know who Harry Potter is, and they actually enjoy reading (well, they enjoy reading more). JKR is awesome | |
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She deserves every award she gets, and I'm sure there are more to come.
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That is so cool! Its good to know that people are recognising how much JKR and harry are changing peoples lives! I myself hadn't read a single book unlessed forced, however i am now a book worm, and constantly have mt head berried in a book of some sort! All of this is thanks to the great JK Rowling and here brillient mind! Nicola
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it is amazing
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J.K is soo fabulas! she enspires the female population | |
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Quote:
Originally Posted by luvtheweasleys I think JKR also taught many adults to find their inner child/spirit and to rediscover reading, to rediscover fantasy and to rediscover lazy days on the couch with the book as time passes by ever so quicly when you are so involved in your novel that it feels real to you. Thanks JKR for giving me a love for reading, AGAIN. I completely agree. I was tired of reading the same old books then HP came along and I got to be a kid again.
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That's really cool, JK definitely deserves to be that high in the list. | |
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That's cool - and well deserved. After all JK's books changed a lot of lives.
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09-20-2006, 05:55 PM
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Yep...she totally did change my childhood and God knows how many more she'll change!!! good for her!!!! 
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09-20-2006, 07:26 PM
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That's really cool. Congrats to J.K.! It really shows how much harry potter has changed her life. Plus she's in the top 5, so hooray! | |
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09-20-2006, 07:52 PM
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That is awesome! I used to love to read, and after High School, I didn't pick up a book, until HP. Now I have read all so far at least 3 times each. And I'm currently re-reading OotP for the fourth and It still brings me to tears when S. Black dies. I love Harry Potter. Now I look for more books all the time to read. Great Job JK!
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i think she should of came in second...(and of corse disney first) i mean name ONE kid who dont know who/what harry potter is! and everyone knows micky mouse
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Congrats Jo, you deserve it and more I know your books changed my life! | |
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Cool! It's gr8 that she can impact lives like that
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