HP as children's book

[blpurdom at yahoo.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 22343

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Amy Z" <aiz24 at h...> wrote:  
> 
> However, I'm not sure what the problem is.  My only concerns about 
> kids reading beyond their level are 
> 
> (a) they'll get discouraged and give up on reading, 
> (b) they'll be scared/overwhelmed/introduced to aspects of life 
that 
> they aren't developmentally ready for, and 
> (c) there's a lot of it that they just won't get.

For my son, (a) is a problem, even though he's reading one level 
above his grade, but it's not for my daughter, who's reading FIVE 
levels above her grade! (And she's two years younger than her brother-
-we're a little worried about this giving him a complex.)

For my daughter, (b) was the reason she put off reading PoA for a 
long time.  The depiction of the dementor on the cover was very scary 
for her, and she just didn't want to know.  (Now GoF is her favorite 
HP book.) OTOH, my son plowed through all four books twice in a row 
(started over again as soon as GoF was done) but last night had me 
stop reading Bellairs' "The House with a Clock in its Walls" because 
it was too scary.  

And (c) means that when they're older, they'll reread and 
say, "OOOOOH!" over more than one bit that they just didn't get when 
they were young.   

--Barb