[HPforGrownups] Arthur and Harry Potter

[Kathleen Kelly MacMillan]

No: HPFGUIDX 1990

>Watching the television this morning with my son, I enjoyed seeing (a repeat) 
an episode of Arthur that reminded me of Harry Potter.  The children were 
enthused about reading, something that many of the parents found amazing 
(again, like HP!).  A
>few parents got together, though, and created an Anti-"Scare Your Pants off 
book" group called PAWS (Parents against Weird Stories), and had the books 
banned from the library.  The episode went on to explain why the books were a 
good thing, and the
>lead parent in the group hadn't even read the series, so the author, who was 
revealed, read him one of the book.  The basic "moral" of the show was don't 
condemn something you haven't read.  I wonder if we could make this show 
required reading for
>the HP banners?


I know this is extremely unrelated, but involves Arthur and HP too, and I have 
been lurking too much lately, so here goes!

I knew I was too HP-obsessed when I was reading one of the "Arthur" chapter 
books (I'm a children's librarian, it's part of my job!) and noticed how the 
interplay between Arthur and Buster is very similar to that between Harry and 
Ron.  I shared this observation with another librarian, who merely shook her 
head and walked away.


Kathy