JK Rowling is the author of the bestselling Harry Potter series. As Bruno Bettelheim says: “If we hope to live not only from moment to moment, but in a true awareness of our existence, then our greatest need and our most difficult accomplishment is to find meaning in our lives” (Bettelheim 2 ). “When children are young, literature best conveys this information” (Bettelheim 4). In literary circles, the mention of Rowling or her work is likely to raise tempers. Critics find his work “antithetical to established literary values, supported by clearly monetary interests, and which, in just a few years, reached an astonishing peak of international glory and financial success” (Virole 1). The beginning of Rowling's series is difficult to read. She begins her first novel with little depth or voice. Although it starts off a bit shaky, Rowling gains control of her magical madness fairly quickly. In fact, Rowling is so good at this that many readers begin to see the wizarding world as normal and the Muggle world as a complete impossibility. “No self-respecting child reader would ever consider themselves a muggle. It’s simply another name for the unimaginative, the pedestrian, and the mediocre…” (Allen 1). Almost every age group will enjoy reading the Harry Potter series. Rowling writes in the form of a Bildungstrom – a novel about education or development among other traditional British novels – and feminism plays an important role in her novels through the house elves. Every book Rowling has written “ends pretty much the same way: the classic fantasy route. The hero entered the fantasy world, faced dangers, struggled through trials, experienced victories and setbacks, defeated the evil or dark force, and finally returned......to the middle paper ......nt for All Seasons. » Gifted child today 26, no. 3 (Summer 2003): 46-54Black, Sharon, “Harry Potter: Enchantment for All Seasons”. Gifted child today 26, no. 3 (summer 2003): 46-54 Byam, Paige. "Children's literature or adult classics? The Harry Potter series and the tradition of the British novel." Subject: The Washington and Jefferson College Review 54, (Fall 2004): 7-13. Grimes, M. Katherine. “Harry Potter: fairytale prince, real boy and archetypal hero.” In The Ivory Tower and Harry Potter, edited by Lana A. Whited, pp. 89-122. Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press, 2002.____. “JK Rowling.” January 28, 2011. Pinsent, Pat. “Education of a wizard.” In The Ivory Tower and Harry Potter, edited by Lana A. Whited, pp. 27-50. Columbia, Missouri: University of Missouri Press, 2002. Virole, Benoît. Queen's Quarterly 111, no. 3 (fall 2004): 371-80.