Back in January, we learned that award-winning author and illustrator Brian Selznick would create new covers in honor of the 20th anniversary of the US publication of “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone”. Now, the first images of the covers have been released!
Scholastic is marking the US 20th anniversary of “Harry Potter” in style, including with a free item at Independent Bookstore Day!
Two years ago, our bookshelves were graced with the original screenplay of “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them”. It’s time to get ready for Round 2!
Scholastic is partnering with literacy nonprofit LitWorld to celebrate Harry Potter Book Night and World Read Aloud Day in 2018! Find out more about their planned events here!
It doesn’t seem like that long ago that illustrator Kazu Kibuishi created new covers for the “Potter” series, honoring 15 years since the release of the first book in the US, but it’s already time for a new illustrator to tackle the task of creating covers for this iconic series.
We’re just four days away from the release of Olivia Lomenech Gill’s illustrated edition of “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them”, and it looks like readers will have a whole new way to experience the text.
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Five more images from the new illustrated “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” have been revealed, including the unicorn and manticore.
We learned back in March that the artist selected to illustrate the new edition of “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” was the talented Olivia Lomenech Gill – and now we know what the front cover of the book will look like!
Today we are lucky enough to hear from an influential force in the US publication of “Harry Potter” – Barbara Marcus, the president of children’s book publishing at Scholastic when the manuscript was first acquired.
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