Originally Posted by ultramarina
Here is a thread demonstrating the educator POV on reading Harry Potter in first grade (DS is in first). http://www.proteacher.net/discussions/showthread.php?t=280121
To be fair, there does appear to be a first grade teacher--and likely parent of an advanced learner--who comments further down the thread that teachers can allow for both teacher-selected texts and parent/student-selected texts in school, combining the mandate to cover the state curriculum with meeting the student at her reading level.

Though that is only one voice out of many others opposed.

...pronounced like the long vowel and first letter of the alphabet...