Harry Potter Ban Laura Sydell reports from San Francisco on the growing number of parents who are concerned that their children are reading the "Harry Potter" books --- a very popular series of children's novels by the British author J.K. Rowling. Some parents feel that the books promote witchcraft as well as vulgarity and cruel behavior.

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Harry Potter Ban

November 14, 199912:00 AM ET

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Laura Sydell reports from San Francisco on the growing number of parents who are concerned that their children are reading the "Harry Potter" books —- a very popular series of children's novels by the British author J.K. Rowling. Some parents feel that the books promote witchcraft as well as vulgarity and cruel behavior.