Sunday, May 20, 2007
Children's Contest (Age 11 and under) Harry Potter Predictions
To enter online, please send an e-mail with "HP Contest" in the subject line to stacirc@ccpl.org with a numbered "yes" or "no" response to each of these 7 prediction statements. Be sure to include the following in your e-mail:
1. Harry will survive.
2. Voldemort will survive.
3. Snape is still loyal to Dumbledore.
4. R.A.B. is Regulus A. Black, Sirius’ brother.
5. Draco Malfoy will help fight against Voldemort.
6. Dobby will help Harry again in Book 7.
7. Hogwarts will remain open.
- Your Name
- Your Age
- Your CCPL Library Card Number
- Your Contact Phone Number
Please be sure to number your "yes" or "no" answers!
1. Harry will survive.
2. Voldemort will survive.
3. Snape is still loyal to Dumbledore.
4. R.A.B. is Regulus A. Black, Sirius’ brother.
5. Draco Malfoy will help fight against Voldemort.
6. Dobby will help Harry again in Book 7.
7. Hogwarts will remain open.
The contest ends July 20th, 2007.
The winners will be contacted the week of August 13th, 2007.
Harry Potter for Adults
The Harry Potter series is not without its critics, as anyone who reads the popular press, may know. One of the most famous critiques of the Harry Potter books is the July 7th, 2003, New York Times editorial written by the award-winning British writer, A.S. Byatt, who also wrote a series, whose main character also had the surname, "Potter". This editorial, entitled "Harry Potter and the Childish Adult" (CCPL Database access instructions) engendered a firestorm of contraversy and received an equally famous rejoinder by Charles Taylor in the online literary journal, Salon, called "A.S. Byatt and the Goblet of Bile". Another editorial response to Byatt, published in the India Times, titled, "The Magic of Harry Potter" by Rani Dharker, illustrates the trans-cultural appeal of this series to adults and children.
This brings up the point, "What is good reading?" S.R. Ranganathan, a famous native of India, himself, and one of the seminal figures of modern library history and practice, proposed five laws of library science, listed below. Laws 2 and 3 apply to this discussion and perhaps suggest that good reading is in the mind of the reader.
1. Books are for use.
2. Every person his or her book.
3. Every book its reader.
4. Save the time of the reader.
5. The library is a growing organism.
This brings up the point, "What is good reading?" S.R. Ranganathan, a famous native of India, himself, and one of the seminal figures of modern library history and practice, proposed five laws of library science, listed below. Laws 2 and 3 apply to this discussion and perhaps suggest that good reading is in the mind of the reader.
1. Books are for use.
2. Every person his or her book.
3. Every book its reader.
4. Save the time of the reader.
5. The library is a growing organism.
Saturday, May 19, 2007
Predictions and Literacy
It is no secret that J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series has given children's and fantasy book genres a tremendous boost in popularity and readership. Another subtler, positive outcome of the series' popularity is the increase in the use of primary literacy skills such as making predictions. Making predictions about reading is one of the curriculum standards that students are required to master by the SC Department of Education (click here to see SC English Language Arts standards ) beginning in pre-kindergarden (PK-R1.8). We hope that CCPL patrons of all ages will enjoy our Harry Potter contest, even if, like the old cereal ad, they don't know that it is really good for them!
For more information about
reading literacy skills from the
National Center for Family Literacy,
click here.
Harry Potter Cover Art
Here are some covers for Book 3, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, in Farsi (Iran), Hindi, Finnish, Danish, Ukrainian, UK English, Japanese, Italian, Spanish, French, Swedish, and German. Enjoy!
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