5 Reasons Your Kids Need To Read Harry Potter

Our favourite bespectacled teenage wizard has been dominating the book and film scene for the last ten years now. Even J.K. Rowling herself probably couldn’t have guessed just how popular her creation would become and there are so many reasons your kids need to read Harry Potter.

Now it’s a multi-million pound business and has spawned some of the best-selling books of all time.

If the fact that they are an excellent series of books isn’t enough to convince you that it’s worth getting the kids to sit down and read them, here a few
more reasons to convince you:

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5 Reasons your kids need to read Harry Potter

It gets kids reading

There are so many children’s books out there, many of which are very good. However, Harry Potter is one of those series that really stands out.

Across the world, millions of children and millions of adults enjoy dipping back in to the stories every now and then.

The way in which the books are written is so enthralling that children find it difficult to put them down. Even kids who find it hard to sit still can be
easily calmed by reading a couple of chapters. They become invested in the characters, which leads on nicely to my next point.

The child is the hero

In other books in which a child is a hero, such as the Hunger Games or Anthony Horowitz’s Stormbreaker series, the child is often pretty well equipped to be the hero. They usually mould and adapt to their surroundings quickly, and get on with being the hero very early on.

Harry Potter himself is just a kid – and most of the time, he has little to no idea what he is doing. Throughout the series, he’s baffled by wonder after
wonder, just like any normal kid would be if they were faced with the prospect and power of magic so suddenly.

And he’s had a pretty rough childhood. Harry Potter’s character tells kids they can do anything, regardless of their background or how little you know.

They teach good lessons

The Harry Potter series is full of life lessons and morals. In fact the books are packed with them. Lessons about morality, faith, trust and friendship. All the kinds of things that kids need to learn from a young age. The characters themselves are often flawed, but they do find a way to fix themselves and those around them. The character of Snape also helps teach kids not to judge a book by its cover.

It keeps their imagination active

It can be tough to keep kids away from video games these days, but children all over the world have seen their imaginations flared by Harry Potter.

The films keep things pretty close to the book, all things considered. If your kids really want to get into the spirit of things, a visit to Warner Bros. Studio tour in London can take them straight to the set of the films – see more at www.wbstudiotour.co.uk.

It’s surprisingly adult

One of the best things about the Harry Potter series is how grown-up it actually is.

Kids are always trying to be grown-up. By giving them complex issues such as those revealed in the Harry Potter series, they’re going to feel more adult and learn how to think difficult things through.

Of course, there are plenty of things which you won’t pick up when you read it as a child. If you haven’t read Harry Potter in a while, it’s worth reading it again just to find all the subtext and the very grown-up themes locked within the words.