[Karsus]

Don't let kids near the book? I guess that is easier than teaching them that everything they read is not true and imparting in them the ability to think for themselves. How can a series of books harm a child it that child has been taught correctly?

[Cicero]

I'm not a book-banning type, and there are very few books I'd say this about. My children and grandchildren read Harry Potter, for instance, and I have no problems with it. We read pretty near everything. But the Pullman books are, IMHO, deliberately malicious. If you want your kids to read it, I'd suggest you look at it first. The reviewer have really pushed it hard, and the covers are attractive, so a lot of people have been fooled.