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Today's post is going to be slightly different. Once Upon a Bookcase is primarily a YA book blog, but I want to talk about younger books, though this relates to YA as well. And I'm coming at this in part with my blogger hat on, but also with my children's bookseller hat on.
On Monday 28th Jan, Anne Ursu tweeted a stack of finished copies of her next release The Lost Girl, to share her excitement. The very next day, another author, Will Weaver quote tweeted Ursu saying, "Excellent. But how do we keep boys reading?" When Ursu replied "Pardon me?", Weaver responded how boy readers lag behind girl readers, "what can we do to close the gap? Here's what I've done," including a photo of a stack of his books aimed at boys - co-opting Ursu's moment of excitement to promote his own books.
On Monday 28th Jan, Anne Ursu tweeted a stack of finished copies of her next release The Lost Girl, to share her excitement. The very next day, another author, Will Weaver quote tweeted Ursu saying, "Excellent. But how do we keep boys reading?" When Ursu replied "Pardon me?", Weaver responded how boy readers lag behind girl readers, "what can we do to close the gap? Here's what I've done," including a photo of a stack of his books aimed at boys - co-opting Ursu's moment of excitement to promote his own books.
