This is a state where tens of thousands of children read below grade level. And Porter books are turning kids on to reading. If we ban these books, a dark force stands to be unleashed. It's not the occult. The best approach is for parents to read the Potter books with their children.
Partnership breeds respect, dictatorship breeds rebellion.
An open-book policy isn't just about theoretical rights of the child, it's what works best. To read Harry Potter is to listen to a master storyteller. If these books have magic in them, it's the magic of Shakespeare and Dickens and Lewis Carroll and Dr. Seuss. I've just scratched the surface of their amazing nature. Give them a try.