Life After Potter -- and More Great Summer Reading
There oughta be a name for it.
Maybe Post-Potter Depression, or P.P.D.? It's no stretch to think that kids -- and a fair share of adults -- might come down with just such an ailment following the release of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," the seventh and last book in J.K. Rowling's best-selling series.
Don't worry, we're not giving anything away about the latest tale or saying it won't meet J.K. Rowling's high standards -- odds are it will be as amazing as the first six books. But without the further Hogwarts adventures of Harry, Ron, and Hermione, just what books will kids devour to sate their reading appetites -- and keep P.P.D. at bay?
We've put together a list -- not only of the best possible Harry successors but of other kids' books centered around categories we've created based on popular kids' summer movie fare. Check out:
- Magical Experiences
- Amazing Journeys and Brave Quests
- Stories of Superheroics
- Fairy-Tale Worlds
- Animal Companions and Big-City Adventures
- Kid Mysteries
For each subject area, we've suggested activities and recipes to try should your child want to host her friends at a kid-centric book club meeting. Happy reading!
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Life After Potter -- and More Great Summer Reading
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Awesome list! My 7-year-old son (a precocioius reader if there ever was one) and I are almost done with "Half-Blood Prince" right now so we'll have to delve into some of these others soon!
--Arizona Writer, http://arizonawriter.blogspot.com
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Hello. I'm mommy2mandn. I'm 35 years old. I'm a Harry Potteraholic....
I really enjoyed the last book, but I'm taking the end of the series much harder than anyone else in my family. The deaths scattered throught the book (no spoilers here, don't worry) affected me deeply, but my daughter was able to dismiss them with the comment, "it is a fiction book. I can't change what the author decided to do" even though one of her untouchable favorites died.
I'm thrilled to know now, though, that JKR has said she'll write an encyclopedia. Even though we won't have more adventures to share, at least we'll know more about how everyone ended up and what they ended up doing.
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I am a 32 year old mother of 2, who works full time and goes to law school part time- yet I found the time to visit my beloved Harry, Ron and Hermione. I loved every min. of the most recent book with all the twists and turns that J.K. is known for. It was a great excape from reading about Contracts and Mergers.
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