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...Last July the New York Times Book Review revised its best-seller list by splitting off a separate category for children's books. The move came just in time to prevent Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire from zooming to the top of the fiction list--and joining the three earlier Harry Potter titles firmly ensconced among the 15 slots. By shunting the wizard books out of its main chart, the Book Review fiddled with logic but appeased publishers and authors who believed they had been "Pottered"--denied best-selling status by the J.K. Rowling juggernaut...
...Still, given that book No. 4, "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire," checks in at a sturdy 734 pages, the delay might give everyone a chance to finish that one before springing for the next...
...approach of Halloween, we asked the author of the Harry Potter books what she thinks children should know about good and evil, magic and mayhem. Why did her series take a dark turn in this year's Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Scholastic), for example? Rowling plans to spend Halloween at home in Scotland with her daughter Jessica, 7, who wants to dress as the broomstick-riding hero. Says the author: "Halloween, you'd not be surprised to know, is my favorite holiday." Her comments...
...daughter has read all the books now, and I said to her about the ending of Goblet of Fire, "When you reach Chapter 30, Mommy's going to read it to you, all right?" Because I thought, I'm going to have to hug her, and I've got to explain the stuff. And when the character did die, I looked at her to see if she was O.K., and she went, "Oh, it's not Harry." She didn't give a damn. I was almost thinking, "Is this not scary at all?" She was just like, "Harry...
...friends look up from The Goblet of Fire to report that Harry Potter is an escape: a nice easy read, a page-turner, a no-brainer. But the statistics point to something larger. Fox News reports that 43% of the Harry Potter books sold were bought by people over 14 who were not buying the books for a child...