re: #76 Charles

Whoa.

JK Rowling lost out on Presidential Award because George Bush believed Harry Potter encouraged witchcraft.

I don’t see in there that George Bush believed, but that some aides did.

I actually know people who won’t read Harry Potter, etc. because it uses magic and witchcraft.

The ones that I know have a personal reason, like the family with the dad who was raised in Mexico, and his mother used to have him do errands for the local witches in return for their services. He was so turned off by it, he won’t touch anything touching witchcraft.

I, personally, just make sure my children can distinguish between fiction and non-fiction.