During the key ages when kids are in school, boys and girls actually behave very differently," said Paul Kropp. "Our brains are different."
Kropp spent a substantial portion of his speech comparing the gender differences that influence reading material preferences. The entire room read Robert Munsch's Mortimer out loud, a book that would typically appeal to boys. It encouraged aggressive and defiant behaviour in comparison to Franklin's Fib by Paulette Bourgeois and Brenda Clark, which promoted emotional reflection
"I know for myself personally I need to spend more time looking at the non-fiction sections of my library and those types of books that will appeal to boy readers particularly, where there's always a weakness," said Gaetan Hammond, a teacher-librarian with Regina Public Schools.
As an educator and an author, Kropp has tried to fulfill the interests of young people by writing more than 50 novels. Some of them were specifically made for what he calls "reluctant readers." He has also written several award-winning young adult novels and beginner-level books with illustrations.
The idea behind the presentation was to recognize the differences in literature and how to balance them to promote literacy in the the classroom. Following Kropp's speech, the teacher-librarians were sent off to take some classes of their own.
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