• By MuggleNet Editorial Staff
• 24 Jun, 2026
• Books

Hoopla Digital and Pottermore Publishing are bringing a new version of “Christmas at Hogwarts” to public libraries this fall, giving those of us with participating library cards another way to revisit Harry’s first holiday season at Hogwarts.

The new release is an exclusive e-book available through Hoopla, combining narration, sound, and animated visual movement to make the illustrated story feel more interactive on screen. It is based on the familiar Christmas sequence from “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone,” with snow-covered Hogwarts, Christmas crackers, and Harry discovering what it feels like to receive a real Christmas gift.

The format is aimed especially at younger readers and families, with the kind of read-along experience that could work nicely for bedtime, classroom use, or a December reread when we all inevitably start thinking about the Great Hall at Christmas. Hoopla says the title will be available instantly through participating libraries, meaning readers will not have to wait in a holds queue to borrow it.

“Christmas at Hogwarts” was first published as a 48-page illustrated hardcover in 2024, with artwork by Ziyi Gao and text drawn from the first Harry Potter book. Scholastic published the U.S. edition, while Bloomsbury handled the U.K. release, with the book launching in 31 countries globally.

Pottermore Publishing also released a digital Guided View edition through Amazon in November 2024, developed with input from The Blair Partnership and Comixology to better adapt the artwork for screens. The new Hoopla edition appears to push that digital idea further by adding professional narration and sound design.

The announcement also continues Hoopla and Pottermore Publishing’s growing library partnership. In 2024, the two companies brought Stephen Fry’s original U.K. Harry Potter audiobook recordings to public libraries in the United States and Canada for the first time through Hoopla, alongside the Jim Dale editions already familiar to many U.S. listeners.

No exact release date has been announced yet beyond this fall. Hoopla will also share more about the collaboration at the American Library Association Annual Conference & Exhibition in Chicago, running June 25-29.