I personally have no interest in the Harry Potter books. As a child, I was never allowed to read them because of the use of magic. I would rather read realistic books. Most children now days enjoy the Harry Potter books because the books allow them to use their imaginations. In my opinion, there is nothing wrong with a Harry Potter book. The children that will be reading these books are old enough to know that they can't really do magic and that the stories are really made up. I can't understand why parents make such a big deal out of it.
When I become a teacher, I will definitely have this book available to the children but I will not require the children to read it. I think it would be too much of a hassle to require children to read it. I don't think we should be able to decide what is right and wrong for a child to read. It should be up to them. There will always be parents that do not agree with allowing children to read these books. If they would look past the magic they would see that the books actually teach good lessons to children.
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I think that we do have to play a huge part in what we help our students to read. If we as teachers do not open the pathway to new books many children will not search them out for themselves. In that I disagee with what you said about it is not up to us what the children should or should not read. It is up to the parents in the end, yet it is up to us to lead them to great books, even if they refuse to read them.
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