Is it better to have a Harry Potter reading child now and have all the excitement of the book release...

[MadamePlatypus]

or is it better to have children who are too young for HP, but look forward to rereading it all to them later?

I am in the latter situation, but I can't help thinking that DS would have enjoyed the midnight release and the anticipation if he were older...

I was really tired on Friday and in two minds about going at midnight with dd - but I did and I'm really glad because of it being the last book (and first time she'd gone to a midnight release)....I doubt there will be another similar occasion in the next few years

dd and I went to the midnight thing. I'd not told her that we were going to do it, so she was thrilled to bits to have the excitement of waking up in the middle of the night and going into town.

Sure it was hype, but it was good natured hype and we both had a great time.

me and my dad went at midnight and we loved it shows ur never too old.......hes nearly 60 lol

Have they done midnight releases for other books? I suppose after HP somebody will try to recreate the hype for another book, but I think the initial popularity of HP was word of mouth. Even though we didn't go to the midnight release, I loved seeing all the decorations going up in Border's. DS too young to understand what the 'Defense against the Dark Arts Class' was all about (he is 3), but he liked the snake next to the loos.

well you might end up with a non-ereading boy....

Note I said "reading it to them". I don't think I was considering giving DS (or DD) a choice in the matter.

My DD (3) has been seeing adverts for Harry Potter. She now knows he is a little boy wizard and has asked us to read it to her. DH tried but summed the whole of book 1 into one bedtime story . She said the other day "maybe when I am 6 and I can read, I can read Harry Potter"