Yes! My nephew was 7 when we started reading together the series switching off when he would get tired of reading at a chapter a night. He loved it and at 17 still talks about “reading harry potter with aunt tabi when i was little” as it meant that much. We would finish the chapter and sometimes talk about it and sometimes not depending jow he felt!
Every child is different. I held off with the children and grandchildren until they were 11 but mostly as a right of passage because the books begin when Harry is 11. However, you know your child. If you’ve read them and feel he/she has the maturity, I’d say go for it but be available/accessible to answer questions.
@Kristina I can answer any HP question!! Do you know the Quiz Up app? They have several HP trivia topics. You can play with others around the world. I think you would love it!
I am a fourth grade teacher and I lead a Harry Potter book club. Yes, the 9-10s love it. They can get dark and a little scary as you go through the series.
I was just talking to my (now 23 year old) about the time I read most of the first HP book to him in a day. He was sick and every time I stopped reading he would ask me to keep going. Lol. He was in 1st grade, so about 6.
Yes. Harry Potter is how I taught my recalcitrant 1st grader to read. I would read until it got interesting and then walk away, telling her I was done and if she wanted to find out what happened she could read it herself. Within months she was reading at a 6th grade level and had developed a love of books. They get darker, but rightfully so. I think 9 is old enough to handle them.
Absolutely
Yes
Yeah
Yes! My nephew was 7 when we started reading together the series switching off when he would get tired of reading at a chapter a night. He loved it and at 17 still talks about “reading harry potter with aunt tabi when i was little” as it meant that much. We would finish the chapter and sometimes talk about it and sometimes not depending jow he felt!
“reading harry potter with aunt tabi when i was little” <—- love this. Well done! ?
At the time it was for the love of reading as he was in his “I dont read stage” but i love when he says it!
@Tabitha of course you do, what better complement could there be than to be remembered in this way.
Yes!!
yes! I actually regret that I read it when I was 17. I should’ve read it when I was younger?
Yes
Yes! I read them all aloud while pregnant (with my third child) to my husband, our 10 y.o., and 2 y.o. It was great fun and took many weeks. ❤️
Yes. I started reading the harry potter series to my son when he was 7. He loved it.
Of course
The first three or four? Yes. The last three? No. Too mature for a 9 year old imo. The last book Harry is 17 and is definitely on a Young Adult level.
Absolutely. Take a little break in between the books to stretch them out a little bit if you’re worried the later ones may be too scary
My 9 year old and I are reading it out loud together. He LOVES it!!! That’s all he wants to do.
I read it to my 6 years old and he loved it… and never wanted me to stop ?
Yes!
Yes or let him/her read it themselves.
Yes and do the voices!
Yesssssssss
Yes do it!
YAS!!!!!
Every child is different. I held off with the children and grandchildren until they were 11 but mostly as a right of passage because the books begin when Harry is 11. However, you know your child. If you’ve read them and feel he/she has the maturity, I’d say go for it but be available/accessible to answer questions.
I can answer any Harry Potter question lol I love the books and movies but the books were better
@Kristina I can answer any HP question!! Do you know the Quiz Up app? They have several HP trivia topics. You can play with others around the world. I think you would love it!
@Andrea no I don’t know the app I think I will check it out
Yes
I am a fourth grade teacher and I lead a Harry Potter book club. Yes, the 9-10s love it. They can get dark and a little scary as you go through the series.
@Michaelz
yes
I had to wait til I was 18 to read this series and I regret not doing it when I was younger.
Read any book you are comfortable with to your child. You are giving a lifetime gift.
Kristina, my five year old son and I are reading them and we stopped at OotP, but he’s living them
To all those that have read the books, if you want some Harry Potter pictures, send me a PM.
Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes!
Yes
Always!!! Perfect time to start
Can anyone post a link on Harry potter series. like seriously it’s hard to get here
I am reading it out loud to my 6 & 10 year olds but am skipping over the parts that I know they cant handle….
Definitely.
Depends, what is your child interested in?
Absolutely, yes. My 9 year old is half way through the 3rd book and loving them!
Yes ????????
Yes! I read the whole series aloud to my daughter but by the time we got to the 7th she could tandem read.
Oh absolutely
Yes, yes, yes a thousand times yes ?????
All five of my kids have read them at around 9 if not younger. It’s really up to you when you think they should read it.
Yes 🙂
Yes.
I’m thinking it would be better if you got the 9yr old to read to you.
Yes….
Yes
I was just talking to my (now 23 year old) about the time I read most of the first HP book to him in a day. He was sick and every time I stopped reading he would ask me to keep going. Lol. He was in 1st grade, so about 6.
Yes
And so it goes: “Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much…”
Yes!
I read them about that age and didn’t feel scared until some parts in the 4th book.
For sure
Yes
Well, it depeds on her maturity level…1-3, certainly. But 4…maybe wait for that one.
Yes. Harry Potter is how I taught my recalcitrant 1st grader to read. I would read until it got interesting and then walk away, telling her I was done and if she wanted to find out what happened she could read it herself. Within months she was reading at a 6th grade level and had developed a love of books. They get darker, but rightfully so. I think 9 is old enough to handle them.
Absolutely
Read it to me!
yeah
Yes, start!
100%
My 9 year old is reading Harry Potter to me and it’s wonderful!
Absolutely. Or share the reading 😉
Yes, seems like the perfect age to begin ☺️
Yes
Yes
yes