{"id":327,"date":"2008-12-02T14:51:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-02T18:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/clients.chrisvanpatten.com\/theatreaficionado.com\/2008\/12\/a-nine-year-old-couldve-written-it.html"},"modified":"2008-12-02T14:51:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-02T18:51:00","slug":"a-nine-year-old-couldve-written-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/?p=327","title":{"rendered":"A Nine Year Old Could’ve Written It.."},"content":{"rendered":"

In today’s NY Post<\/a>, one of the most random things I’ve ever read…<\/p>\n

I WROTE THE BOOK OF LOVE
9-YEAR-OLD REVEALS DATING SECRETS
By Jennifer Fermino<\/p>\n

He’s only 9, but this pint-sized pickup artist already knows plenty about pleasing the ladies.<\/p>\n

So much, in fact, that Alec Greven’s dating primer, “How to Talk to Girls” – which began as a handwritten, $3 pamphlet sold at his school book fair – hit the shelves nationwide last week.<\/p>\n

The fourth-grader from Castle Rock, Colo., advises Lothario wannabes to stop showing off, go easy on the compliments to avoid looking desperate – and be wary of “pretty girls.”<\/p>\n

“It is easy to spot pretty girls because they have big earrings, fancy dresses and all the jewelry,” he writes in Chapter Three.<\/p>\n

“Pretty girls are like cars that need a lot of oil.”<\/p>\n

He advises, “The best choice for most boys is a regular girl. Remember, some pretty girls are coldhearted when it comes to boys. Don’t let them get to you.”<\/p>\n

Over a few Shirley Temples yesterday at Langan’s on West 47 Street, Alec said that he culled his wisdom by peeking at his peers at play.<\/p>\n

“I saw a lot of boys that had trouble talking to girls,” Alec said.<\/p>\n

As for his how-to, he concedes, “I never expected people to buy it like a regular book in a bookstore.”<\/p>\n

But with classic plain-spoken advice – like “comb your hair and don’t wear sweats” – it’s no surprise his 46-page book was a hit with boys and girls of all ages.<\/p>\n

He believes the best way to approach a girl is to keep it to a simple “hi.”<\/p>\n

“If I say hi and you say hi back, we’re probably off to a good start,” he said.<\/p>\n

As for his own love life, he said he is not dating anyone at the moment. “I’m a little too young,” he confessed.<\/p>\n

In his book, published by HarperCollins, he suggests holding off on falling in love until at least middle school.<\/p>\n

Dating – which he defines as going out to dinner without your parents – is for “kind of old” people, who are 15 or 16.<\/p>\n

Officials at the Soaring Hawk Elementary School said he wrote the book – which was the runaway bestseller at its book fair – for kids, but believe anyone can find inspiration in it.<\/p>\n

Alec’s mother, Erin Greven, credits her son’s beyond-his-years insight to his avid reading.<\/p>\n

“He reads nonstop. At dinner, I say, ‘Put your book down,’ ” she said.<\/p>\n

Alec – who just finished a children’s book on the Watergate scandal – said he wants to be a full-time writer when he grows up, with a weekend job in archaeology or paleontology.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In today’s NY Post, one of the most random things I’ve ever read… I WROTE THE BOOK OF LOVE9-YEAR-OLD REVEALS DATING SECRETSBy Jennifer Fermino He’s only 9, but this pint-sized pickup artist already knows plenty about pleasing the ladies. So much, in fact, that Alec Greven’s dating primer, “How to Talk to Girls” – which … Continue reading A Nine Year Old Could’ve Written It..<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[1665],"class_list":["post-327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-wtf"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}