[HPforGrownups] Harry's happy death(Was Re: Harry, Sirius Black, and the...

[Lynda Cordova]

No: HPFGUIDX 162163

Inge:
I can only speak for myself, but personally I would not read Harry
Potter 4-5-6 to a 7-year old...<snip>

Pam:

My 7 year old son and I are just about to complete Book 4 (ever try to read
every word of the books out loud?) and I must admit, I am not looking
forward to read 5 and 6 to him. He wants to, of course, but I know he's
going to take Sirius' death very hard. He sat up with hopeful attention
every time Sirius sent an owl to Harry throughout GOF.


Lynda:

When I was nanny to a seven year old and his five year old sister, the seven
year old promised his father that if he (dad) bought the HP books, then four
in number Kyle would read every last word. Kyle had been having problems
learning to read (of the "I can't. Do it for me variety") so we all made
shure he stuck to his guns. Little sister, who is always determined to do
whatever Kyle does at the same time (yep!--and generally she's successful)
started SS as soon as Kyle finished. It took her a year and the audio to go
through every night before bed, but she did it and followed up with the rest
of them. Were they too young? I would never have introduced the books
without parental permission, but Kyle is the kid that has loved fantasy from
birth. He, his sister and his mother used to watch the X-Files together
waiting for their dad to come home from work. The only reason they did not
watch Goosebumps was because I didn't let them (Never liked that series).
But the kids have suffered no harm from the books. In fact they're two of
the best adjusted kids at their school. And that didn't come from me. That
came from another source and was passed on to me because the person who was
told that knew that I had had a hand in raising them.

Lynda


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