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Originally Posted by HarryT
In that specific case, I agree with you, but it's worth pointing out that the books were never targeted at 5-year-olds.
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And additionally, Americanised or not, I'd expect the books would contain quite a few words that a five-year-old isn't familiar with anyway.
Especially with the Harry Potter books and world, which contain a rather remarkable number of made-up words (as well as words with somewhat-Latinish roots) and brand new concepts, from "muggles" to all the spell names, adding perhaps a dozen formerly-unfamiliar British terms to the list of "new words to acquire / understand from context / remember" shouldn't be a huge problem for any keen reader.