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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's just the usual bragging.  Can't say "my kid just finished HP books, what next?"  You have to say "my 1st-grader just finished HP books, what next?"[/quote]

Get over yourself and whatever securities make you see the post as a brag.  This is actually a question asked between a lot of parents.  Drop the grade reference if it helps your ego.  The fact is that Harry Potter is a series that once a child gets into, causes an obsession with reading that a lot of parents don't see previously.  Not only are the kids interested in reading, but their ability to comprehend and discuss the story is amazing.  So it can be sort of a let down once the series is over, and its hard to find the next thing.  And sadly, there is really no other book series that compares.

I know tons of young adults who still talks about reading the Harry Potter series as a right of passage.  If you don't get it, its not about the person writing the post, it just that you don't have the same experience.  Kids reading abilities are extremely diversified. No one is saying because their kid read early that they are "gifted" or better than you kid.  They are just trying to find that next book series that is the perfect combination of challenging reading, extremely enjoyable reading, and age appropriate.  It is amazingly difficult given the number of kids who are good readers at 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade.  Harry Potter fills this need so amazingly.  I would never be able to believe how quickly my son could read it - and still discus it- showing that he comprehend what he read.  And reading it myself, I can say, it puts most adult books to shame. [/quote]

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