Well, it’s not easy but it can be done! Family friends, The Mornewecks, laid down the law among friends and relations that sharing the Harry Potter series with their children was a family event and under no circumstances were the children to see the movies before they had read the books. Fortunately for The Morneweck’s, everyone respected their wishes.
We were not so lucky. One of our nephews became introduced
to the movies before the books and even thouh he fell in love with the series, it has been difficult to get him interested in the books. Meanwhile, his
12-yea, older brother, Michael, was too busy with other things and never saw any of the
movies. What luck!
At least with the latter nephew, we are getting to re-live
the magic of the series again through his fresh eyes. What fun! The magic is
coming alive all over again.
Upon encouraging his younger brother to read the books, he
said, “Just keep reading “Sorcerer’s Stone ‘til you get to Diagon Alley –
then you’re hooked and you can’t put it down.” A truer word has never been
spoken but unfortunately, it has yet to take with the pre-read, movie-watcher but we keep hoping.
So the moral of this particular blog is: Avoid the movies until after the children in
your life have a chance to read the books and experience the magic for
themselves – you’ll be happy you did!
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