There's nothing fun about the aging process. The belly sags. The memory goes bad. But no amount of gray hair need end the pleasure of reading children's books.
Stories aimed for young readers are often guileless, seeking fun for fun's sake.
Yet they can be just as witty, suspenseful and thought-provoking as adult reads, minus the angst. The book, released stateside last month, was a huge hit when issued last year in the United Kingdom, topping the adult best seller list as well as the kids'. The sequel, already released in England, leaped to the top of the adult hardcover best seller lists. Part of the attention has focused on author J.K. Rowling, a struggling single mom living on the dole, who scribbled the manuscript at an Edinburgh caf . An orphaned baby, Potter is taken in by an odious aunt and uncle and spends his childhood trying to escape the fat fists of his spoiled cousin Dudley.