Look closely at harry potter and the deathly hallows. Wanna know hows your life gonna be in harry potter next generation. Daniel radcliffe and other stars are reading harry potter. We already had quite a few successful franchises based off books. As of june 2017, the series has been translated into 80 languages, 10 placing harry potter among historys most translated literary works. Each of these new covers tells more than one story. Rowling, author of the harry potter series, at the premiere of harry potter and the deathly hallows. Visit for breaking news, world news, and news about. The plots have moderate pace and can be understood well. Harry potter is a series of fantasy novels written by british author j.
The crimes of grindelwald was released in november 2018. Find out you next generation life i do ot own any characters in the harry potter franchise they belong to j. Let the harry potter books cast a magical spell in your life, from harry potter and the sorcerers stone that started it all, to the newest installment from the wizarding world of harry potter, fantastic beasts and where to find them screenplay. Rowlings birthday on wednesday, scholastic unveiled a new cover for harry potter and the deathly hallows, the final book of the series. Since then, jo has shared her love for the translated editions of harry potter, some fan creations, and why she just cant be friends with the number four. It offers news, features, and articles as well as new and previously unreleased writing by j. Eddie redmayne, the beloved newt scamander, brings us the third chapter.
Each month we read a harry potter book and at the end of each month we discuss the book. When kids turn the final page of harry potter, its the perfect time to harness that interest in reading with a few more choice chapter books. Curling up with a good book is an excellent way to pass the time during quarantine and what better place to escape to than the wizarding world of harry potter. The scar it feels like the culmination of the entire series and thats the image thats been. Rowling is the author of the recordbreaking, multiawardwinning harry potter novels. Rowling has been turning to social media to pass the time during lockdown. Harry potter is a britishamerican film series based on the eponymous novels by author j. The series of short e books will explore the traditional folklore and magic at the heart of the harry potter series, the announcement says. Some of the bestloved faces from global entertainment, music and sport have lent their voices to the story they love by recording videos of themselves reading the timeless first harry potter book, harry potter and the philosophers stonesorcerers stone. We then received news that the talented noma dumezweni, who played hermione in harry potter and the cursed child, read the second chapter.
The books concern a wizard called harry potter and his journey through hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry. It will be a slow rollout, with the first pair of the. Rowling, have announced seven of those readers from the stellar lineup today. Rowling and is a global digital publisher of harry potter and the wizarding world. Illustrated edition harry potter illustrated edtn by j. In the first few weeks after her return to the platform, she covered among other things tattoos and baking.
The way the series is looked upon can be different for each individual. It will remind the fans about harry potter, and also be a good opportunity to introduce the books to new readers. New harry potter illustrated editions spell rising sales for. I am a diehard fan of harry potter and after watching the movies i thought that they definitely wernt as good as the books so if you have seen the movies and did not like them,you must read the books because. The 10 most magical books to read if you love harry potter by megan mccluskey september 20, 2018 4. Up next wronglyincarcerated singer archie williams delivers unforgettable song americas got talent 2020. The playscript for harry potter and the cursed child was originally released as a special rehearsal edition alongside the opening of jack thornes play in londons west end in summer 2016. The first harry potter book, harry potter and the philosophers stone, was published. Rowling reveals harry potter and the cursed child will be a. Here are the book addicted girls top recommended books for people who love harry potter and are in need of their next magic fix. As the story progresses each book gets scarier so parental guidence may be needed for kids aged 710 when reading the last few books. Harry potter book night a massive thank you to each and every one of the people who took part in harry potter book night 2020.
The harry potter books make up the popular series written by j. Confessions of a harry potter fan learnenglish teens. Deathly hallows is my favourite cover, because its the image that has summed up harry potter in my mind for such a long time. Harry potter and the cursed child is a 2016 british twopart play written by jack thorne based. In 2016, a new era of the wizarding world was unveiled with the launch of. New harry potter book, script of upcoming play, gets. The first novel in the series, harry potter and the philosophers stone, has sold in excess of 120 million copies, making it one of the bestselling books of all time. Once upon a time you used to wait in line for the next perfectly crafted harry potter book, dressed in robes bearing your house crest and maybe even.
Daniel radcliffe narrates first harry potter book with co. Theres also been a steady stream of new stories coming out of pottermore to help you out, heres a handy guide to all the material in the harry potter universe. The plays official synopsis was released on 23 october 2015. Harry potter books series harry potter book set barnes. Eddie redmayne reads chapter 3 of harry potter and the. The best books to read if you love harry potter time. It took around nineteen hours to watch them all and i was rather tired by the. It was a huge success and weve loved seeing all the tweets from schools, libraries, bookshops and groups of friends holding events all over the world. Rowling will make an announcement about the future of her boy wizard character on thursday. The site features rowlings thoughts, several pages of unpublished text, and a sales resource for ebook and.
The main story arc concerns harry s struggle against lord voldemort, a dark wizard who intends to become immortal, overthrow the. Harry potter and the philosophers stone deluxe edition. Editions include harry potter and the philosophers stone illustrated edition and the new harry potter book. What to read after harry potter grisha by leigh bardugo teen read. Loved by fans around the world, the series has sold over 500 million copies, been translated into over 80 languages, and made into eight blockbuster films. When harry potter and the cursed child made its official premiere in londons west end, j. Publisher also has high hopes for its 2015 fiction list, which includes new novels from william boyd and margaret atwood. Harry became an overworked employee at the ministry of magic.
This post was originally published in 2015 and updated in 2019. In the video they appear in order of oldest to youngest. Introducing the next phase of harry potter at home. A bibliography 199720, he includes a handy chart for early potter fans to determine whether any of their beloved copies have financial value. Hunger games films actually started off much stronger than harry potter. Shows every detail of your life including your favs,besties,bf,boggart,patronus,lifestory and even a exclusive photobucket. The books have been made into movies by warner bros. Reading is always more fun in a group so everyone who wants to read the books with us is welcomed. Rowling announced that a new play based on harry potter would hit londons west end in summer 2016.
Pictures the author was in new york to promote lumos, her new charity to help children in orphanages. Rowlings beloved series, is getting involved in a new initiative as part of the harry potter at home collection of free. A spinoff prequel series will consist of five films started with fantastic. Pottermore have revealed exciting brand new covers for the ebook versions of harry potter, now available what do you think of them, and. A journey through the history of magic thats reportedly packed with unseen sketches and manuscript pages from j. Rowling talks books, charity, more april 10, 2015 06. Browse and buy harry potter illustrated editions and see beautiful harry potter illustrations from the hand of illustrator, jim kay.
What to read after harry potter childrens books the. But i think harry potter 8, as in what happened next to harry, ron and hermionei dont think thats going to happen. Olly moss designs new harry potter covers for pottermore. Daniel radcliffe, who played harry potter in the film adaptation of j. What book series do you think will be the next harry potter.
English playwright jack thorne wrote the script based on an original new story rowling wrote with thorne and theater. Readers of all ages can find something to keep them bounded to the magical world of harry. Dolores umbridge became the new headmistress of hogwarts and patrols. In october 2015, rowling announced via pottermore that a twopart play she had coauthored with playwrights jack thorne and john tiffany, harry potter and the cursed child, was the eighth harry potter story and that it would focus on the life of harry potters youngest son albus after the epilogue of harry potter and the deathly hallows. The stories tell of him overcoming dangerous obstacles to defeat the. Rowling needs to write a new harry potter book in 2015 never forget october 7, 2014. Ive read the books multiple times and watched the films more times than i can count. For once, a harry potter story with no voldemort or a chunk of voldemorts soul trapped in a personbook. Harry potter is well known as one of those books that makes reluctant readers not so reluctant after all. The golden compass his dark materials, philip pullman. Then silence for three painful years until harry potter and the order of the phoenix, two years after that for harry potter and the halfblood prince, and then two more years until the final installment in 2007 with harry potter and the deathly hallows. We love harry potter so we decided to reread the books in 2015.
By the end of 2016, well have four new books and a movie. In honor of harry potters 33rd birthday and author j. Right now, there are ten books, eight movies, and one play also published as a book and its getting even more complicated. Lets all remember the moment that totally proves that we need a new harry potter book in 2015. The novels chronicle the lives of a young wizard, harry potter, and his friends hermione granger and ron weasley, all of whom are students at hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry. New harry potter book, script of upcoming play, gets summer release date. The cuckoos calling 20, the silkworm 2014, career of evil 2015 and. Maze runner and divergent are also pretty successful, though not as popular. What are the pros and cons of the harry potter books. A prequel to the harry potter series, this new adventure of magizoologist newt scamander marked the start of a fivefilm series to be written by the author.
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