I haven't talked to the kids since they got the book, so I'm not sure what their reactions are. My guy, who is both sentimental and a slow reader, wants me to read the last one out loud for old times sake (I've read almost all the others out loud) So he's finishing #6 first.
This particular bunch has grown up having the books read to them to start and then reading them themselves. They started with the first ones close to when they came out, so they've gotten older and more self-reliant as the characters in the books have. We've read them as they've been released, since I think #3, but I know my nephews, who are 8 and 10, haven't been seeing the films -- too vivid. The 10 yo is reading the last book now, but the 8 yo will wait a couple of years.
We've let Iz read whatever he's been interested in, but when I read him The Golden Compass when he was in first grade I did edit some, mostly just for length.
My objections about big media events were more agitated at the last cycle of Star Wars films. When #1 came out, my son was five, just entering kindergarten, and really wanted to see it, since the hype was so universal. He and most of his friends spent that entire summer playing Star Wars, and they all wanted to be Anakin. I was absolutely furious at George Lucas making him such an attractive character, since I knew where he was going, and I knew how many boyish hearts would have to break as Anakin Skywalker became Darth Vader. I'm still a bit peeved, now that I think of it...
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Date: 2007-07-23 06:35 pm (UTC)This particular bunch has grown up having the books read to them to start and then reading them themselves. They started with the first ones close to when they came out, so they've gotten older and more self-reliant as the characters in the books have. We've read them as they've been released, since I think #3, but I know my nephews, who are 8 and 10, haven't been seeing the films -- too vivid. The 10 yo is reading the last book now, but the 8 yo will wait a couple of years.
We've let Iz read whatever he's been interested in, but when I read him The Golden Compass when he was in first grade I did edit some, mostly just for length.
My objections about big media events were more agitated at the last cycle of Star Wars films. When #1 came out, my son was five, just entering kindergarten, and really wanted to see it, since the hype was so universal. He and most of his friends spent that entire summer playing Star Wars, and they all wanted to be Anakin. I was absolutely furious at George Lucas making him such an attractive character, since I knew where he was going, and I knew how many boyish hearts would have to break as Anakin Skywalker became Darth Vader. I'm still a bit peeved, now that I think of it...