Tales of Beedle the Bard by JK Rowling

3 stars

I just really didn't love this. 

The stories are good, but the commentary didn't always make sense to me.  Didn't seem in character.

Could be that I haven't read any of the Harry Potters in quite a while, but whatever.

Just kind of blah.

:)

"Mom, I want the big blue book!"

So, here's a closer look at those bookcases I posted yesterday.  All nicely arrange by reading level.

Picture books on the bottom:

 Easy-ish readers, or books I wouldn't mind Boo reading kind of in the middle:

 Books I'm not sure she's ready for (or I know she's not ready for) on top:

 Which leads me to the title of this post.  Boo informed me a couple of weeks ago that she needs a stool in there to reach the top shelf.  Naturally, this gave me pause because I'd put the books up that high for a reason.
"Why?" I asked her.
"Because there's a book on the top shelf I want to read."
"What book is it?"
"I don't know, but it's a big blue book and it looks good and I want to read it."

Do you see the big blue book?  Know what it is?  Let's take a closer look:

"Boo, you can't read Harry Potter 5."

Crazy child.

Anyway, I told her we could read the first Harry Potter together after we finish what we're reading.  She didn't love that answer, but whatever.

How old would you want a child to be before reading Harry Potter??  I figure I don't mind her reading the first one or two with me at this age (she's going into first grade), but I don't think I want her to read 3 for another couple of years!  Let alone 4-7!!

(And, no, she's never seen the movies.  Never expressed an interest.  Should I have her watch the movie first or read it first?)