Adult readers who are dismissive about Harry Potter

[Tyler Hewitt]

Melanie from Texas wrote: My question is: Do any of
you get Attitude from literary types who "don't do
Potter"?

ME:
My younger sister is currently working on her Master's
degree in library science, speacializing in middle
school literature and library work. She's always been
a bit of a literary snob in her personal reading
choices, and hasn't read the Harry Potter books, even
though they are appropriate to her career choice, both
of her siblings rave about them, and her husband has
been listening to the books on cd and enjoying them.

Over the holidays, we were at my Mother's house, where
I was re-reading Order of the Phoenix. At one point my
sister said to me, rather dismissively, "Don't you
think that book is a bit too long for kids to read?"
I replied "well, millions of kids have not only read
the book through, but loved every page. So, no, I
don't think the book is too long for kids. Besides,
shoulden't you be advocating that kids read MORE?"

That pretty much stopped the conversation, but it was
worth it!

Tyler


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