“Gender Appropriate” Books
Philip Nel, a children’s literature professor at Kansas State University, said boys feel more pressure to read what he calls “gender appropriate” books. “Girls have a much greater ability to identify with a narrator or character who is not the same sex,” said Nel, who teaches a course on the “Harry Potter” series. He points out that author Joanne Rowling used the name J.K. Rowling to make the series more appealing to boys, who might not immediately identify the writer as female.
Source: The Plain Dealer
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