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Title: Harry Potter and the Expletive Of Doom
Post by: THP on Jul 28, 2011, 05:02 AM
Our 5-year old boy has been showing an interest in all things Harry Potter of late - and this is hardly surprising. An advertising campaign is currently underway that has seen to it that picking up a cereal box, turning on a television or walking outside the front door involves an audio-visual assault designed to send parents sprinting to cinemas with our kids under our arms to see the last instalment of the most successful movie franchise in history.My partner and I are careful about the toys we buy for our two boys but the world of Harry Potter seemed like a good choice because, it being based on the excellent books of JK Rolling-In-Money, we hoped that it might pave the way to an interest in literature.More... (http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/vincent-fletcher/harry-potter-and-the-expl_b_910690.html)