Re: Harry Potter–A Worthwhile series??

[zoehooch]

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--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "moongirlk" <moongirlk at y...> wrote:


> You are, of course, entitled and more than welcome to your opinion, 
> but I couldn't disagree with you more, on all of these last 
points.  
> Especially that Harry Potter "will not produce a reader."  I 
> introduced my cousin's two sons to Harry Potter, and they have 
become 
> voracious readers.  They have since read the "Chronicles of Narnia" 
> series, as one example, and quite enjoyed it as well, although one 
> commented that it wasn't nearly as realistic.

I couldn't agree with you more. At my office, there are many parents 
with children ages 6-13 or so. Almost all of them have related, in 
conversation, that their children have grown to love books and 
reading since they first started reading the Harry Potter books.

In one case, which I find remarkable, the 12-year daughter of a co-
worker, both avid Harry Potter fans, is teaching herself French and 
Dutch (the languages of her great-grandparents), by reading 
translations of the Harry Potter books in those languages.

Zoe Hooch