Millenials
Have you heard of them? Millenials is the name given to the generation born at the turn of this 21st century and later. Much research has been done already–scanning their eyeballs to see how they read a Web page, checking their use of their brain (they make better use of their gray matter), they cooperate and work together more but have less general knowledge and they are harder workers and better students than the Gen X that preceeded them. Or so this latest article in Texas Library Journal indicates.
For those reasons, it gives me a kick to see how many Boomer grandmothers are buying Substitute Groundhog for their millenial grandkids. Gen X parents are buying them for their kids. It’s reassuring that some things still cross the generations–like the joy of lap reading, sharing a humorous story, and rereading a book one loves. I am so new to hearing from my readers that the novelty and the praise really thrill me. This is definitely the fun part of the writing process!
