re: #46 wlewisiii

Heh. I enjoy reading to him - Treasure Island, Harry Potter, Narnia … lots of real literature out there for kids. I’m thinking about giving him a go with The Hobbit this fall :D Once he’s hooked it’s on to LotR!

Get the transition book to ease him from Potter to LotR

Harry Potter and Bao Zoulong

fans eagerly pored over their new books and journeyed through the enchanting tale of Harry Potter and Bao Zoulong, where Harry turns into a hobbit, discovers a magic ring and … battles a dragon.

Sound familiar?

That’s because, in what may have been the most ridiculous act of plagiarism ever, Bashu Publishing House printed thousands of books claiming to be the Rowling’s next masterpiece that were not in fact Rowling’s. An anonymous “author” took a word-for-word translation of The Hobbit and changed the names to those of Harry Potter and his friends (with the exception of Gandalf, who is apparently so unlike Dumbledore that any comparison would just be silly). He also added a chapter at the beginning, explaining how Harry was turned into a hobbit while taking a bath one day, and a few paragraphs at the end describing how he became human again.