The thing with the Harry Potter books is that while there is some intense content, the message makes it absolutely worth it in my book (no pun intended). The themes of love, loyalty, and choosing what is right definitely justify some of the frightening content for me. I also felt that since those particular children of mine don’t scare easily, that they would be okay (or at least be aware enough to tell me if it was too much). And they were. Rowling unveils last Potter date". BBC News. 1 February 2007. Archived from the original on 28 December 2008 . Retrieved 27 September 2008. And if you’re wondering, we personally wait to watch any of the movies until they’ve read all the books. I feel like even the earlier movies change their perception and imagination for how the books look in their minds, so we just wait. I’m a meanie like that. 😉 I Hope Our Family’s Age for Harry Potter Books Helps You Decide!

a b King, Stephen (23 July 2000). "Wild About Harry". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 17 April 2009 . Retrieved 9 August 2010. ...the Harry Potter books are, at heart, satisfyingly shrewd mystery tales.Speed-reading after lights out". London: Guardian News and Media Limited. 19 July 2000. Archived from the original on 31 December 2013 . Retrieved 27 September 2008. Or as it’s known colloquially, “Harry Potter and the Worst Camping Trip Ever.” After the events of the previous book — culminating in another major character’s heartbreaking death — Harry vows to personally destroy every one of Voldemort’s Horcruxes. These Horcruxes (as we learned in Half-Blood Prince) are objects containing pieces of Voldemort’s soul, rendering him effectively immortal. Which means that if Harry wants even a chance at killing Voldemort face-to-face, he’ll need to locate and eliminate the Horcruxes first. It’s this daunting prospect that leads to the Worst Camping Trip Ever — though of course, it’s brightened somewhat by the presence of the ever-faithful Ron and Hermione. Hitchens, Christopher (12 August 2007). "The Boy Who Lived". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 16 April 2009 . Retrieved 1 April 2008.

Harry Potter at Bloomsbury Publishing– Adult and Children Covers". Bloomsbury Publishing. Archived from the original on 28 August 2008 . Retrieved 18 August 2008. Harry Potter casts a spell on the world". CNN. 18 July 1999. Archived from the original on 26 July 2008 . Retrieved 28 September 2008.Research by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has found no increase in reading among children coinciding with the Harry Potter publishing phenomenon, nor has the broader downward trend in reading among Americans been arrested during the rise in the popularity of the Harry Potter books. [190] [191] The research also found that children who read Harry Potter books were not more likely to go on to read outside the fantasy and mystery genres. [190] NEA chairman Dana Gioia said the series, "got millions of kids to read a long and reasonably complex series of books. The trouble is that one Harry Potter novel every few years is not enough to reverse the decline in reading." [192] See also: List of best-selling books Crowd outside a book store for the midnight release of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Levy, Marianne. "Is this picture of Harry Potter's goblin bankers offensive?". The Jewish Chronicle. Archived from the original on 30 September 2022 . Retrieved 30 September 2022.