On Wed, 13 Jun 2001, Kristin A. Ruhle wrote:
> (Julia take note- "science versus fantasY" hs some bearing on
> "developing young readers" I think, because - well - children are
> actually reading (miracles!) but what they re reading is fantasy (not
> good if you wanted to get them into hard sf.)
OK, where do you classify _Curious George and the Rocket_ on the
SF-Fantasy continuum? So far, that's the only book purchased specifically
for Sam that could be categorized as either.
However, there are a whole bunch of children's books around here that were
bought before we decided "this is the time to start a family" and I'm sure
more of those fall under the "fantasy" than the "hard sf" heading.
On the other hand, I stared out reading a lot more fantasy than sf, and
now I read a lot more sf than fantasy.
(I think I ought to start collecting Golden Duck Award winners, at least
the picture books, for awhile, to have more SF around for Sam.)
Julia
