[nmh]

"Yeah, right. I guess a story that encourages children to work hard and do their best to overcome obstacles can't compete with a book featuring happy tales of worldwide flooding, testing people by encouraging them to kill their own kids, and wholesale slaughter."

LOL! Depends on the child. As for your other remarks I believe you need professional help. You're off the wall.

Harry Potter is for the troubled child. Studies have indicated that. So for us, we prefer to avoid witchcraft and spells. You do as you see fit without villifying and exaggerating the preference of others. Ooops, I forgot, Harry Potter fans are unable to do this. They are too intimidated by disapproval.

[Xenalyte]

So for us, we prefer to avoid witchcraft and spells.

Tell me: have you ever met anyone who managed to perform a Harry Potter spell successfully?

I'm curious, because it's very hard to get unicorn tail hair and dragon heart strings here, and I'm looking for a supplier.

And if your answer is no, then I need to know why all the hullabaloo over a book that has non-working spells in it.

[Xenalyte]

Harry Potter is for the troubled child. Studies have indicated that.

What studies would those be? Xena's Mom is a librarian, and she doesn't want to deal out more trouble.