We've already had a backlash from the training bra commandos:
"What do you mean, 'Boys Into Books?'"They get even more terrifying once they're old enough to get tattoos.
"It's to encourage boys to read more."
"You should buy more books for girls if they read more. There's no point buying books for boys 'cos they're too thick to read."
4 comments:
Hi Kevin,
I grew up as a reluctant reader. Now I write action-adventures & mysteries, especially for boys 8 and up, that kids hate to put down. My web site is at http://www.maxbooks.9k.com and my Books for Boys blog is at http://booksandboys.blogspot.com
Ranked by Accelerated Reader
Max Elliot Anderson
NEWSPAPER CAPER, TERROR AT WOLF LAKE, NORTH WOODS POACHERS, MOUNTAIN CABIN MYSTERY, BIG RIG RUSTLERS, SECRET OF ABBOTT'S CAVE, & LEGEND OF THE WHITE WOLF are compared by readers and reviewers to Tom Sawyer, The Hardy Boys, Huck Finn, Nancy Drew, Harry Potter, Tom Swift, Scooby-Doo, Lemony Snicket, and adventure author Jack London.
Or, you could just do as they do in America.
Spend all the new book budget buying books in languages for all the immigrants.
Moo!
encouraging early teen boys to continue reading as an occasional relief from the nursery slopes of self-abuse. Thinking on, we might want to provide Wet Wipes with each book...
When I was 13 my mum went into our local bookstore and asked the (male) shop assistent if he could recommend a book for a boy in his early teens. Either he hadn't heard her question clearly or he was of the naughty uncle type, for he gave her something called The Heir to Falconhurst, saying "This is very popular, madam". This aforementioned book is what they call a potboiler or, errr, soft porn. I can remember it almost word for word.
Max --
Hi, thanks for the gen. I'll pass this on my colleagues.
Ms. Cow --
We're all immigrants from someplace somewhen. Just so long as we get people reading and enjoying!
gadjo --
That's the chap we need in the modern library service!
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