Jennifer Adcock

I remember being skeptical of this as a child, both with HP and AGAIN a few years later when Twilight-mania was the big thing. 9 years old in the school library begging my friends to try some of the other books I recommended 😔

Movies Silently

During the original Harry Potter boom, some librarians and academics expressed concern about kids wanting to read ONLY that. They were shouted down. "AT LEAST THEY ARE READING, THEY WILL GET A TASTE AND LOVE ALL READING SOON" Three decades on, I think we owe the librarians and academics an apology