Harry Potter during the rise in the popularity of the Harry Potter books. The research also found that children who read Harry Potter books were not more likely to go on to read outside the fantasy and mystery genres. NEA chairman Dana Gioia said the series, "got millions of kids to read a long and reasonably complex series of books. The trouble is that one Harry Potter novel every few years is not enough to reverse the decline in reading." Jennifer Conn used Snape's and Quidditch coach Madam Hooch's teaching methods as examples of what to avoid and what to emulate in
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game) them the possibility to play the minigames from the GBA version on their TV screen. In addition to playing as Harry, the game also allows the player to control Hermione and Ron, as well as fly "Buckbeak", and control Harry's pet owl, "Hedwig". "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" received "mixed or average" reviews, according to video game review aggregator Metacritic. "GameSpot" were positive about the game, scoring 7/10 or above across releases, with a high of 7.5 out of 10 for the GBA version. "Frank Provo" of GameSpot was very positive about the GBA game's recreation of the