Stephen Fry, the narrator of the British Harry Potter audio books, has pledged his backing to Happy Monday, a charity fundraising event that will raise mental health awareness. In order to take part, participants are invited to host their own bake-off or cook-off at home, school or anywhere really. To this extent Stephen has provided the charity with his own personal favorite recipe tp indulge us all. Check it out right here!
Does Harry Batt and the Philosopher’s Stone have a nice ring to it? At J.K. Rowling’s recent talk at the Sheldonian Theatre at Oxford University she reportedly stated that instead of “Harry Potter,” her title character was initially named Harry Batt. She also discussed with themes were likely to be present in all her future works.
Total Film has recently released a list of the 50 Greatest Book Movie Adaptations, and awarded Deathly Hallows a spot. Although there were two films, Deathly Hallows was recognized as a whole as an adaptation. They also noted what was the greatest change between book and film. Did Deathly Hallows deserve a higher position?
A first edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone will go on display at the National Library of Scotland. The book was sold last year to a bidder for GBP150,000, which we reported, including some images of the annotations, which will now be displayed.
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In a new list compiled by online education company Renaissance Learning, six of the seven Harry Potter books ranked among the favorite books of UK children.
Jim Kay is to base his illustrations of Ron Weasley on a British school boy. We previously reported that Kay is to fully illustrate the “Potter” series, with the first book due for release in 2015.
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Bloomsbury Kids UK has revealed that Jim Kay will illustrate a new collection of the “Harry Potter” series. Bloomsbury tweeted the announcement this morning, together with an image of Kay’s Potter.
We previously reported that Booktrust, a charity in the UK that promotes reading, asked readers to pick their favorite children’s books from a selection of 100. “Philosopher’s Stone” was nominated in the ages 9-11 category. The results of the poll are now in!
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In an interview promoting her most recent illustration project, Jennifer Dewing’s Goodnight Little Elizabeth, Mary GrandPre discusses her classic work illustrating the American editions of Harry Potter.
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