Harry Potter- A Worthwhile Series???

[jrober4211]

No: HPFGUIDX 33605

   Well Kimball, never having done in depth study of literatire,and 
since it has been twenty years since I read the Narnia books and The 
Lord of the Rings , I won't even get into a debate about the facts 
about the differences between the stories. I do have just a few 
questions though.....If your co-worker came in to work one day with a 
hideous dress on, would you tell her the truth or make up something 
nice to say? Do you really make your children correct the grammar in 
the books they read, and if so, don't you think this would go a long 
way towards killing the "joy" of reading if you are having to stop 
every five minutes to dissect a sentence? I know it would break my 
chain of thought, and I would lose my mental movie of the story I was 
reading. Did your children enjoy the Potter series?
    I do agree with you about being careful about what you hand your 
children to read. I have studied many child development theories as a 
midwife , and its IMHO that the Potter series is probably 
inappropriate for a child under the age of 12 , give or take a year, 
depending on their maturity. JKR has said many times that she did not 
write her stories for an age specific market. It just happened that 
her story was judged more suitable as children's literature, and was 
marketed that way by the publisher who bought SS, as I understand it 
from the interviews I have read. 
    
Jo Ellen