Originally Posted by ultramarina
" These first graders who had proudly shared with anyone who would listen that they were reading Harry Potter are at risk of becoming fourth graders who must be incentivized in order to read anything at all."

I don't know any kids like this. Does anyone else? A child who read HP or similar in first grade and then became a nonreader in 4th?

My DD is in 4th, and read HP in 1st. A couple of months ago she was outraged that DW and I had visited a new second-hand bookstore without her.