It’s something I see said quite a lot, on the internet particularly, that Harry Potter introduced a generation of children to the wonders of books and literature.
I’m wondering how true this is for you?
Although HP is one of my all time favourite comfort series of books and I’ve probably read them more times than bare counting, I probably wouldn’t say they got me into reading. That probably belongs to Roald Dahl or Enid Blyton, and Tolkien was my introduction to fantasy.
There’s are plenty of people who I know who love Harry Potter but aren’t avid readers otherwise.
There are plenty of booky people I know who love Harry Potter but it wasn’t necessarily what got them into reading.
I can’t really think of anyone I know who loves reading and only started because of Harry Potter.
Where do you guys stand? Does anyone know if any studies have ever been done on this? I’d be really interested to know.
by ElonH
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