im glad i got into hp right when it came out '98 i think. i was in 5th grade, good at reading, matured. i think ur cousin will enjoy it a lot more when shes older and can think about harry potter with a more advanced intelligence as far as age goes.

Hey! That's just stupid stuff stupid people say to annoy us. It is just FINE!

I tend to agree with the wasted comment. After all it seems quite ludicrous to read a book about 15/16 year olds to 7 year olds.

Quite right you know. Unless of course you were very good at reading, I suspect many on this site were like me and had an average reading level of a 10 year old when they 5 but some maybe not. Sometime I think J.K.R has a very stanrge sense of humor, or mabey it is just me laughing at stuff she put in there not meaning it to be funny. But anyway, the quote is right, 4 yr olds may enjoy the magic and action, but there is muhc more to the HArry Potter books than just that, and you would need to of more intelligence than that of an average 4 yr old to fully enjoy the books.


*i'm a registered user, i just didn't log in... lol

I think any age is acceptable. Personally, I started reading the books in 99. I was er (counts) 12. But barely....maybe I started near the end of 98. Anyway, I was no where near interested in hp when I was eleven, but back then I was also a cover looker. I saw and ugly kid riding a broomstick and it was a no go. My mom told me I should read it. So, at age 11, I picked the book up off the shelf, went home, read the first chapter, then put it away. A few MONTHS later, I picked it up again. By time I finished the three, it was only a month or two away from GoF coming out. Now I'll be 15 when Harry is. That makes me happy.

my dad gave me hp. when i was. um., in 1rst grade so about 6. beginning of the year. and week or two later i read it and became obbsesed my dad had to go and buy cos. And we went on vaction i sat up in the hotel room for a day and then finished cos. So i could get poa. lol. So all in all it took me 1 month and a week to read all four hp books. and by the end i was about 7. lol.

Now i'm 11!!! B) B)

I was 13 when I first picked up Philosphers Stone,
Basically I thought it was boring and I didn't pick it up again till I was 15 when my mam brought it up in conversation and then I started reading it again and I really got in to it again and I read the whole series two weeks later and how many times have I read Goblet Of Fire?....Well about 7.
I love Goblet of Fire then Prisonor Of Azkaban Then Philosophers stone Then Chamber of Secrets and i not really into the movies but my favoite is Chamber Of Secrets.... :sorcerer: :sorcerer: :sorcerer: :sorcerer: :sorcerer: :sorcerer: :sorcerer: :sorcerer: :sorcerer: :sorcerer:

Actually, 1997

i started reading ss but it was boring then wen i heard they making a movie i read em all in a week

:sorcerer: dude, Harry Potter is an excellent book. It's good for all ages. It might be hard for little kids to understand, but hey! It's still good.

Well I'm 27 & I started the books only 5 months ago. Am now hooked!

My grandad is 66 and he reads them,the books I've got are his but I kept borrowing them so he said that I could keep them and if my nanna see something to do with harry potter she buys it.

u gotta be 2 if dont wanna miss this !like comon



dont u guys agree?

I started reading them when i was 9 and i got it all just fine thank u very much

I started to read them when they came out on norwagian
Ithink I was around 8.

I started reading 'em just after the first movie came out, so I would have been 15/16. I remember picking the philosopher's stone up when I was about 13 and reading the first page and thinking "this isn't anything special," but after the movie came out I read it again and was hooked! I'd finished 'em all in two weeks!

I don't think it matters what age you start reading them, they work on so many different levels. There's the actual story but then there's the humour and the so called "love story" so I think they suit all ages.

Yes,you are right it dose not matter what age you start reading the books i did not start till i was....12 and i still read them now and i am 14 so it really don't matter if you are 4 or 14 just what ever is you like to read.

:flowersmile: HEA! Well i started reading the books when i was 10! Now i'm 14

I was 11 wehn i started reading them, i wasnt interested in them until after i saw the movies, i waited until i got a better idea of what harry looked like, instead of the drawing on the cover, :wub: dan :wub:

I think any chile should be able to read them it's there chioce i mean. I know people who aren't allowed to read harry potter or watch the movies becasue there to violent but anyway i think it should be the kid's choice. I read harry potter to my 7 year old sis hannah

The books are not age specific. Each age group gets different aspects of the story as they progress in age. Even Bugs Bunny scripts are funny for different reasons when you are an adult, but no one has said that children do not enjoy the cartoons. It is a further sign that these stories are well crafted; their timeless nature.

I agree! It doesn't matter how old y'are to read HP! I read HP1 when I was SEVEN, and I didn't have no trouble.

I was eleven when I first read The Philosopher's Stone, and I felt at the time that it was below my reading level. Still, I loved the story so much that it didn't matter at all. I'm seventeen now and I still love PS/SS, so I don't think it matters how old you are in the least

I was six when i started reading.. hehe