When to start reading Potter to little ones?

[Tiffany B. Clark]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, Kathryn Lambert 
<anigrrrl2 at ...> wrote:
Katie:
>
> Thanks, guys! I was feeling that way myself, like I should wait, 
but I just wanted so badly to share it with them...that's why I 
needed outside opinions. : ) Thanks, Katie
> 
> potioncat <willsonkmom at ...> wrote:          "Katie" <anigrrrl2@> 
wrote:
> We have done 
> > some chapter type books, reading one chapter each day, so he has 
the 
> > patience...I just wonder if it's a little beyond him. 
> > 
Tiffany:
I don't have any children of my own, so I can't speak for kids having 
issues with the books, but my reply was based on my own experiences & 
recommendations.  I know the length of the books is a huge factor, it 
was for me on all 7, but it's easy to read them if you employ 
the "how do you eat an elephant sandwich" method, which is simply one 
bite at a time.

I'm tough to scare or get rattled, but I'd urge some caution with 
little kids reading the books because of some of the themes & 
elements to it.  However, some kids, esp. those not at their actual 
maturity may have some issues with the stated above examples of the 
books themselves.

The best thing when reading a book as long as HP is to take it one 
chapter at a time, or read a set number of pages before calling it a 
day.  I always stopped & took some time to fully pick up on all that 
was going on, as well as the themes & elements before going on.