This Insight Stage event, “Guys Read: Thriller,” was moderated by Jordan Brown. Brown was joined by panelists Mac Barnett, Eoin Colfer, Matt de la Pena, Jack Gantos, Jarrett J. Krosoczka, and Jon Scieszka.
Some amazing things librarians have told me they’ve said to parents, when parents want their boys to stop reading comics:
“Do you want your child to read for pleasure or not? Because if you are going to push them out of something that they love reading, they’re not going to read for fun.”
“When you go to the playground, do you tell your child that s/he needs to swing on that very swing for at least 15 minutes? Because by dictating to your child just what kind of reading they should read for fun, you are doing just that.”
Some amazing things librarians have told me they’ve said to parents, when parents want their boys to stop reading comics:
“Do you want your child to read for pleasure or not? Because if you are going to push them out of something that they love reading, they’re not going to read for fun.”
“When you go to the playground, do you tell your child that s/he needs to swing on that very swing for at least 15 minutes? Because by dictating to your child just what kind of reading they should read for fun, you are doing just that.”
-JJK