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This past summer, we let Lia watch the first and second Harry Potter movies with a somewhat edited version of each of the endings.  As a result, she fell in love with the story and asked one day in August if we could begin reading the first book.  Somewhat skeptical that a five-year old could understand and follow such a long story, we began reading it to her each night before bed.  We basically made the transition from Fancy Nancy and other books with very little text and a lot of picture on each page to a full-blown novel over night.  And to my surprise, Lia loved it!  She was totally entranced by the entire thing and easily followed along each night, asking for clarification on new words, pointing out differences between the novel and the book, and commenting on this, that, and the other thing!  Who knew?!  And less than two months later, we finished the first book last night.  It was a very positive experience for all of us and I just enjoyed rereading one of my favorite books years later to one of my favorite people.  Here's to starting book #2 tonight!