tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post6703068029463613342..comments2024-03-07T17:13:54.927-05:00Comments on A Fuse #8 Production: Podcast Edition: The Children's Book That Changed My Lifefusenumber8http://www.blogger.com/profile/16216979020263363698noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post-62947192724827147422007-04-19T12:00:00.000-04:002007-04-19T12:00:00.000-04:00I had a very similar experience. I was hired as th...I had a very similar experience. I was hired as the summer student in my local public library and felt the need to read Harry Potter so I could converse with the rabid fans who wandered around the library clutching it to their hearts.<BR/><BR/>I read the entire series (well, up to 4, this was a few years ago)in a week and became more and more interested in children's literature, and here I am, five years later, just completing a masters in children's literature!<BR/><BR/>Yay Harry Potter!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post-37628381527766051632007-04-17T15:21:00.000-04:002007-04-17T15:21:00.000-04:00Great story. I think J. Lester would love it.Great story. I think J. Lester would love it.MotherReaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11274509991340797264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post-66334598762827214912007-04-17T14:41:00.000-04:002007-04-17T14:41:00.000-04:00That is such a cool and inspiring story!That is such a cool and inspiring story!Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15192628745431017199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post-42263519911509719022007-04-17T11:58:00.000-04:002007-04-17T11:58:00.000-04:00Ah, Fuse, I love that story! Why have you been ho...Ah, Fuse, I love that story! Why have you been holding that back all this time? I love it when we can see the step-by-step of someone's life.<BR/>Thank you for sharing!Robin Brandehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07971393580756079934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post-76295107728025755602007-04-17T10:46:00.000-04:002007-04-17T10:46:00.000-04:00It was great to hear the story of how you became a...It was great to hear the story of how you became a children's librarian. As an aspiring one myself, it is always nice to hear other's reasons for wanting to work in this particular field.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post-50970572941772610482007-04-17T10:27:00.000-04:002007-04-17T10:27:00.000-04:00What a wonderful story.Brava for you and Harry Pot...What a wonderful story.<BR/><BR/>Brava for you and Harry Potter, both!<BR/><BR/>Z<BR/>www.lindazinnen.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post-63548013288540123072007-04-17T02:26:00.000-04:002007-04-17T02:26:00.000-04:00Hey, I remember those aprons in the Powells coffee...Hey, I remember those aprons in the Powells coffee shop! We must have been devouring children's lit. together, along with the dangerously large cookies and hot cocoa. I was the woman with the four little book fiends, once again searching for something they hadn't read.<BR/><BR/>I must have read a thousand kids' books in that coffee shop (HP and His Dark Materials included) and the more I read the more I saw how vital kids lit is to the development of not just language and literacy but culture and conscience. Plus I could see every day how book characters offered real companionship to my kids and brought topics to our conversation I would never have thought to bring up. I definitely wanted to be a part of that.<BR/><BR/> I have to admit all those starched aprons hanging on the wall of the coffee shop got me to worrying that I would never produce anything that would not be eaten or unfolded in the next 10 minutes. <BR/><BR/>So I wrote a middle grade novel, several actually, and your HMOCL#13 was sensible enough to acquire one of them. :)<BR/><BR/>I'm in the middle of revisions, and tomorrow I think I'll take my laptop down to the Powells coffee shop and remind myself why I love kid's lit enough to work past midnight for weeks at a time. Thanks for the inspiration!<BR/><BR/>Rosanne ParryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post-67743471827208560492007-04-17T01:42:00.000-04:002007-04-17T01:42:00.000-04:00And the rest of us in the Kidlitosphere are all gl...And the rest of us in the Kidlitosphere are all glad that you did read that book at the time, for sure.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com