So, children series or not?

[Mari Lea]

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Alla <dudumbledore214 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I went to preorder the book to bn.com and on the
> advertisement page it still says age range 9-12.
> 
> Do you think it somehow supports the idea that
> JKR orients the books towards the younger audience? 
> Do you think it is only publishers' opinion?


I think that is more of the publishers doing. Because
I don't think any author could sit down and write a
book just for 6 year olds, but the publisher has to
put some sort of age recommendation on the books, so
you get that range.

In retrospect, as a child I never went by those
guidelines; my mom let me buy all of my reading
material on my own.   I was reading books for adults
at 9.  My favorite authors ranged from Judy Blume to
Ray Bradbury.  Same with my son.  One minute he will
be reading Captain Underpants, the next he is trying
to read The Book of Lost Tales.

JKRowling's books always seemed to me stories that
work on many levels.  I do wish I could read these
stories as a child, but my adult experiences change
how I see them.  So it's great when my son and I will
read the same book together; he catches things I
missed and vice a versa.

It is too bad that in the US, especially, when
something is deemed a children's story, people have
the tendency to think it won't be deep or entertaining.  
Which is a pity with stories as good as Harry Potter.      


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