New HP readers in your life?

[Tonks]

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wrote:
>
> I'm wondering if anybody here has young people in their lives who 
are
> just beginning to read Harry Potter?  Child?  Niece?  Nephew?
> 
> Do you read the books to him/her/them?
> 
> Do you stand around anxiously while they read to themselves?
> 

Tonks:

I do not have children, but I have heard it said that it is good for 
young children to have the HP(or any) books read to them. It helps 
them appreciate reading to have that bond with someone who is 
reading. I would guess if they were older, say 10 or above they 
would read it themselves. Some parents of younger children have 
changed the reading a bit when they got to the really bad parts, or 
not read them late at night.

Also I know from listening to the CD of the books that it is nice to 
hear someone reading the book instead of reading it yourself. 

I know a woman who read all of the HP books to an elderly woman who 
had gone blind. What a real treasure for the elderly woman to have 
that special time with someone every week. And the reader found it 
special as well.

Tonks_op