I am having a discussion with my SO. We were wondering if we could get a large enough sample group to help us with our problem. We were making a scenario where we have children and of course both the hobbit and the harry potter series would be introduced to our future children but we were wondering how we should do it. We are both in our mid 20's and our introductions to the books are both different. We wanted to see how most of you would introduce these to your kids.

Would you read harry potter to your children and let them read the hobbit by themselves? Read the hobbit first and introduce harry potter? Give them the books and let them decide? Read them all to the children or let them read for themselves if they would not be age appropriate? At what age should they absorb these books? Any info would help us greatly!

And to settle a bet, Tolkien or Rowling?

Thank you to all who respond.