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...sailors could have given the candy to the children??s parents. They might have been able to hand it out in an orderly fashion, one piece per child. But that would have spoiled the fun for the sailors, damped the glow of beneficence...
...Goblet of Fire” had upped the stakes for complexity in the series. Loeb Professor of Germanic Languages and Literatures Maria Tatar published an article in The New York Times in late 2001 that contained traces of skepticism, calling the Harry Potter series “children??s ‘classics’ for our time,” if not “classics for all time...
...Regardless of what we adults think, we aren’t the intended audience,” she wrote. “Roald Dahl believed that it was the duty of every author of children??s books to conspire with children against adults. With her books, J.K. Rowling has formed a powerful alliance with our children...
...question the interviewer asked was, ‘Do you think that Harry Potter will die?’ It seemed like such a frightening prospect,” Tatar said. “So many children have grown up with these books. The only real requirement for a children??s book is that the hero survives...
...always have bifocal vision as an adult looking at a children??s book,” she said. “You get lost in the story, but you’re also thinking about its complexities and real-world implications of what’s being told...