Stories are trickling in from around Alaska to the statewide association mailing list that suggest Summer Reading Program registrations may be down this year compared to last year. One of the reasons mentioned by at least two librarians is that the theme of Dragons, Dreams and Daring Deeds is turning off parents afraid their children will be exposed to Harry Potter and other literary magic. Interesting, there’s no special focus on magic in Alaska’s SRP, but there is a picture of a wizard on the promotional materials.
How about your Summer Reading Programs? Are registrations down? Do you think your theme has something to do with it? How could you tell if it did?
Note: The Alaska Library Association mailing list is not archived, so I don’t feel comfortable reposting e-mails.
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