[HPforGrownups] Re: Progression of the books

[K G]

No: HPFGUIDX 99449

Dave:
> I'm even daunted from starting it again, just because I don't 
> have 27 hours to grind through it again.  Now, I know a lot 
> did and I understand how they did it, but if you are writing a
> children's book, you aren't going to do it 1100 pages at a time.

Geoff:
> On the question of younger children reading the later books, 
> which was raised in a recent post on this thread, one of the 
> families in my church is, like me, well into HP. Their youngest 
> child, a girl of 8, got through OOTP quite safely in a few days 
> and was able to talk about it quite happily and enjoy the story.


I agree.  I read the books aloud to my 3 kids - and my oldest sits on long distance from Texas (she is 22) because she says I do the voices the best.  My youngest is 10 and he will stand up and act out the action as I read.  We plan to re-read SS on his 11th birthday (same age as Harry).  Yes, there are words that he has trouble with when he reads it himself, but I help him with them.  There are also things that are over his head, but my favorite books are the ones that you discover something new each time you read it, and I see this with the kids as they grow.  They will discover new things each time as they get older on grasp more.  Will a 10 year old get the same out of it as a 22 year old?  No!  But that is okay.  

 

Moonmyyst