HaS aNyOnE rEaD hArRy PoTtEr?

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[Guest]

Lemony Snicket and Philip Ardagh are so much better than Rowling...

 

[Pyper]

I agree. A good series of books, but to me, lacking in the magic of Roald Dahl or Lloyd Alexander. Also, alot of it seems to focus on cute gimmicks rather than character development.

 

[Starblayde]

A read the first 50 pages of philospher's stone. hated it, and put t down, never to pick it up again.

And i've never done that with any book before

 

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[Guest]

I agree. A good series of books, but to me, lacking in the magic of Roald Dahl or Lloyd Alexander. Also, alot of it seems to focus on cute gimmicks rather than character development.

Do children really look for charactr development?

 

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[Countess DeWinter]

I think kids like Harry because he's an outcast (what kids doesn't feel that way at some point?) to the extreme but finds something really special inside himself.

I've read all four books and am reading them aloud to my kids (who are all old enough to read it for themselves but it's fun family time! ) and they are very good escapism for kids.

Isn't that what the best books do? Transport us to somewhere other than "here"?

 

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[Pyper]

Do children really look for charactr development?

Character development is extremely important in any story. It is where the heart and the moral lie. Some could argue it's even more important for childrens' books than for adults.

Harry Potter is popular because it's a classic wish-fulfillment scenario. An unwanted, unloved child is transported to a magical world where he is a celebrity. It's every child's dream.

 

[Ask For More]

I think Harry Potter improves as it goes along. Goblet of Fire is a great read.

Anyone read any Phillip Pullman? I don't think he's been published outside the UK so I might be clutching at straws.

 

[Starblayde]

George Martin. Can't beat him

 

[Countess DeWinter]

For the first 11 years of his life, Harry is an outcast, living in a cupboard under the stairs, disliked by one and all.

After the revelation of his celebrity, he's still nobody special except in that magical world.

 

[Eumenides]

I have to say that I agree about the books. They don't really reach the level of CS Lewis and others. However, my sister works with a lot of foster children. She (while agreeing about the quality being questionable) says that Harry Potter books are very good for them because they can identify with this orphan who is shuffled into a home he didn't ask for, and find strength in his. Just my two cents.

 

[Guest]

for fuck's sake, the kids like them, it's increased the reading among children.

stop trying to be so all fucking knowing and pretending to be literary geniuses already.

 

[Oscuridad]

Read Diana Wynne Jones.

I particularly suggest "Howl's Moving Castle".

 

[BgMma]

*stalking Oscuridad*

 

[soileddove]

I think that for pure fiction they are great books. I have seen them appeal to everyone from 5-55 years old. I did not get into C.S. Lewis until I was a pre-teen.
If a book develops a love of reading then I don't care if it is crap. When children become avid readers they do better in all aspects of life because it exposes them to every kind of imaginable situation. So what the book lacks character development. They are pre-teens their character changes from moment to moment anyway.

 

[sexy-girl]

i haven't read a harry potter book but i heard someone describe them as a comic book without pictures ... entertaining but not very deep

yes i know its a kids book but kids can enjoy books which have deeper meanings in them like alice in wonderland, roald dahl i agree with and CS lewis ... also lord of the rings

i think though harry potter is a good way to get some kids to read who normally wouldn't of ... then they can try some of the other books that have been said in this thread

CS Lewis was the best..Im so glad they didnt make films out of all of them. When I think back to the books I read as a kid, several times, I still have the same pics as I did then..Id hate for them to be replaced with hollywood actors

i hate to say it but i think they are making a film of lion and the witch and wardrobe

 

[Angel]

i haven't read a harry potter book but i heard someone describe them as a comic book without pictures ... entertaining but not very deep

They're not really all that deep, but they're not exactly comic-book like either.

They're not the best books ever written, and they'll never come close to the books I read when I was younger, but out of the newer books for kids I've seen out there, they're the best I've seen so far.

yes i know its a kids book but kids can enjoy books which have deeper meanings in them like alice in wonderland, roald dahl i agree with and CS lewis ... also lord of the rings

They should be able to, but my brother, who is 13 and a straight "A" student couldn't read and comprehend LOTR books if he wanted to.

My five year old sister is into reading Harry Potter, although I'm sure she isn't getting a lot of it.

i think though harry potter is a good way to get some kids to read who normally wouldn't of ... then they can try some of the other books that have been said in this thread

Hopefully. I collected all of the Harry Potter books (Which really started because someone bought my brother duplicates), and I'm slowly recollecting all of MY childhood favorites that I don't have anymore so that when I have kids, they can enjoy the books that I did when I was a child.

One of my favorites is an original Chronicles of Narnia - it used to be my mother's.

i hate to say it but i think they are making a film of lion and the witch and wardrobe

Bleh.

 

[Spinaroonie]

Spoiler:

Harry and His Pals hijack some airliners and crash them into the world trade center in new york.

 

[sexy-girl]

i know kids who have read LOTR ... i must admit though i didn't read it until i was grown up some ... the biggest book i read as a kid was the BFG i read it in a week though and was pretty proud of myself


i recently bought alice in wonderland off amazon and read it for the first time as i was reading it i couldn't help but think wow i wish i read this as a kid