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HP article from US News

In case you don't have access to US News and World Report, here is a link to last week's article about the impact of the Harry Potter books on kids. It cites a lot of anecdotal evidence about how reading the HP books has positively impacted the reading skills of many children. There are also a couple of mentions of teachers using fan fiction as a tool to help build kids' writing skills, which I found interesting. (Back in my day, we had to write fan fiction on our own time!)

You know you have a dirty mind when you read a sentence like this:

"Although the Harry books grow more complex with each installment, the series structure gives kids a basis of knowledge to work from--like what Hogwarts is all about and that Draco Malfoy kind of sucks."

...and your thoughts go off on another tangent entirely... Heh. ;-)

(No spoilers)

GIP!!!

se_spotwood made me this amazing icon. Darling, I will write you a fic for this, I promise!!! *smooches*