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Author
Publisher
Teacher Created Materials
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Game Changers: A Biography of J.K. Rowling builds critical literacy skills with this fascinating nonfiction reader designed to engage eighth grade students. Keep your students at the edge of their seats with content that will keep them enthralled from the first page to the last. Showcasing the work of the J.K. Rowling, this informational text examines the life of the writer who brought us the magical world of Harry Potter. Aligned with state standards,...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 2008, J.K. Rowling delivered a deeply affecting commencement speech at Harvard University. Now published for the first time in book form, VERY GOOD LIVES presents J.K. Rowling's words of wisdom for anyone at a turning point in life. How can we embrace failure? And how can we use our imagination to better both ourselves and others? Drawing from stories of her own post-graduate years, the world famous author addresses some of life's most important...
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
On a train trip from Manchester to London in 1990, a young single mother named Joanne Rowling conceived the idea of a children's book about a boy wizard named Harry Potter. Five years later, that idea became the basis for the most successful book franchise in the history of publishing. Here is the rags-to-riches story of J.K. Rowling, who overcame numerous hardships to rise seemingly overnight from a destitute welfare mother in England to one of the...
Author
Publisher
Currency/Doubleday
Pub. Date
c2006.
Language
English
Description
Drawing on the hidden lessons found in J. K. Rowling's novels about Harry Potter, the author argues that Harry and his friends must use intelligence, reasoning, planning, determination, creativity, fidelity, trust, friendship, and other classic virtues--all qualities that make for successful business leadership--to solve problems.
Author
Publisher
Adams Media
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Contains 150 recipes inspired by the Harry Potter novels, with a guide to where the foods can be found in the books, including good food with bad relatives, treats from the train, the favorite cook's dishes, holiday fare, and more.
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, and Emma Watson join filmmaker Chris Columbus and other esteemed cast members across all eight Harry Potter films as they travel back to Hogwarts for the first time to celebrate the anniversary of the franchise's first film, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, which premiered twenty years ago. The retrospective special will tell an enchanting making-of story through all-new in-depth interviews and cast conversations,...
Publisher
Salamandra
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
Español
Description
Para celebrar veinte anos con Harry Potter, explora la extraordinaria coleccion de articulos magicos exhibidos en la exposicion Harry Potter: La historia de la magia, que se presenta en la Biblioteca Britanica. En ellos podras recorrer el plan de estudios del Colegio Hogwarts de Magia y Hechiceria y emprender un viaje de miles de anos para descubrir los origenes de la magia que subyace en las historias de Harry Potter. Cuidadosamente preparado por...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Discover magical places, study the art of potion-making, encounter fantastic beasts, and find out about the witches and wizards who lived. From the Sorting Hat to the secrets of the Forbidden Forest, it's all inside this official companion to the Harry Potter books.
Author
Publisher
Wiley
Pub. Date
c2010.
Language
English
Description
A philosophical exploration of the entire seven-book Harry Potter series.
Harry Potter has been heralded as one of the most popular book series of all time and the philosophical nature of Harry, Hermione, and Ron's quest to rid the world of its ultimate evil is one of the many things that make this series special. The Ultimate Harry Potter and Philosophy covers all seven titles in J. K. Rowling's groundbreaking series to discuss life after death,...
16) Hogwarts legacy
Publisher
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Play, explore and experience your own unique adventure in the wizarding world of Hogwarts School and its surrounding area, the magical world first introduced in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter books.
Publisher
Media Lab Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Harry Potter's adventures are built upon a rich tapestry of historical events dating back as far as the first century, during which an ancient Greek wizard known only as Herpo the Foul created the first usable Horcrux. It was this successful venture nearly two millennia ago that enabled the evil wizard Voldemort to create one Horcrux for each piece of his splintered soul. In The Ultimate Wizarding World History of Magic, the editors of MuggleNet document...
Author
Publisher
Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"The history of magic is as long as time and as wide as the world. In every culture, in every age, in every place and, probably, in every heart, there is magic. Harry Potter: A History of Magic reveals some of the hidden stories behind real-world magic and explores some of J.K. Rowling's magical inventions alongside their folkloric, cultural and historical forebears. Narrator Natalie Dormer and a host of experts will take you on an audio journey like...
Author
Series
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Whether wizards, Muggles, friends, or foes, find out about all your favorite Hogwarts students and teachers, as well as creatures and other characters. Meet Harry's friends Ron, Hermione, and Ginny; Hogwarts teachers including Dumbledore, Snape, McGonagall, and Sprout; plus, Hagrid, Dobby, and other popular characters from the Wizarding World.
Author
Publisher
Insight Editions
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"From true-to-screen costume replicas to amazing amigurumi to captivating curios and keepsakes, this official book of crochet projects brings the magic of the Harry Potter films to life right on your hook. Featuring 24 patterns for beginner, intermediate, and advanced crocheters, Crochet Wizardry includes projects for garments, creatures, bags, baskets, blankets, and more, both inspired by and pulled directly from the on-screen Wizarding World." --...
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