Sizing up Rowling, part 2
An online survey of kids’ reading habits has turned up some surprising results – at least, surprising to Washington Post writer Jay Matthews. In the headline and intro to his article, Matthews drops the bomb that the Harry Potter series is not #1.
Children have welcomed the Harry Potter books in recent years like free ice cream in the cafeteria, but the largest survey ever of youthful reading in the United States will reveal today that none of J.K. Rowling’s phenomenally popular books has been able to dislodge the works of longtime favorites Dr. Seuss, E.B. White, Judy Blume, S.E. Hinton and Harper Lee as the most read.
