Harry Potter has been credited by several organizations with getting kids to turn off the telly and actually read. IMO, that's a good thing.


>Well last week Trafalgar Square was full of Canadians.
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>This week its full of Harry Potter fans camping out waiting for the premiere of the final film. And getting pretty wet as its been raining quite heavily.
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>Personally I think the books are too long, leave nothing to the imagination and fall into the trap of having the bad person having no redeeming features. Combined with the overwhelming film and franchising that goes with this I think childrens imaginations have probably given up and gone back to bed for a few years..