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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]JK specifically said she wrote/published the books in the time she wanted younger kids to read and grow up with them.

Here is a great timeline.  Don't rush thru them. Let your kids mature with the kids in the books.

https://www.commonsensemedia.org/blog/harry-potter-age-by-age-guide#[/quote]

My kids rushed through the books at first the same way I know I rushed to read all of a favorite series. Most of my kids have reread the entire series multiple times by now, and I think they enjoy it differently as they grow up and understand more of what they were reading.

At first it was a fun adventure story, then it inspired some questions and further thought, and in high school one of my DDs cited the book in an academic research paper that was well-received by the teacher for a respectable grade.

I never bothered limiting my children's reading material, under the assumption that they'd read what they liked, absorb what they were ready for and gloss over the rest like I did, and put down any book that was unenjoyable for any reason including being too boring, confusing, tedious to read, or distressing.

I agree that younger readers don't understand all the themes or catch the true complexity of the series, I just disagree that this suggests they shouldn't read all the books if they are interested enough to want to do so.[/quote]

Exactly. And it's not as if you can slow down a voracious reader! Try it and see what happens :-)

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