Harry Potter (book series)
The Harry Potter series consists of seven books and eight films, with the most recent book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, selling more than 12 million copies in the United States. All seven books will be available for pre-order on October 6, 2015.
Publishing
J. K. Rowling is said to have sent a preliminary copy of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone to 12 publishers before Bloomsbury accepted it and published it. The following is an incomplete list of book publishers from around the world.
Titles of the series
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child was released on July 31, 2016, and you can get all seven eBooks as a single download on Pottermore with Harry Potter: The Complete Collection. In 2016, a sequel to the original series, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, was released.
Original series
The Harry Potter series consists of seven books, each of which corresponds to a year, usually referring to Harry Potter’s school year.
Sequel
The second book in the Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone series is Quidditch Through the Ages.
Audiobook editions
The books were released in both CD and cassette formats, and most recently, through Pottermore, they were made available in the first ever online audio editions. Earlier books in the series had a delay between the print and audio editions, but later editions saw audio copies released on the same day as the print editions.
Enhanced Ebooks
J.K. Rowling’s annotations provide interesting insights into the world of Harry Potter, and Enhanced Editions of the 7 books were released exclusively on iBooks by Pottermore in October 2015. Enhanced editions are said to include the full original text plus illustrations, animations, and interactions, and are said to include the full original text plus illustrations, animations, and interactions.
An inspiration
Many other creations resulted from a LEGO set inspired by the Harry Potter series, including a Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone and a Jurassic Park lookalike.
Behind the scenes
Aname aragog is a spider species named after Aragog, a fictional spider owned by Rubeus Hagrid. Lusius malfoyi is the parent of one of Harry’s Hogwarts classmates. Ochyrocera aragogue is a spider species named after Hagrid’s pet Aragog.
When were Harry Potter books released in the US?
1. In September 1998, Scholastic released Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone in the United States, with an initial first printing of 50,000 copies by then-debut author J.K. Rowling.
What year is Harry Potter book 1 set in?
If you’ve read Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, you’ll notice that it takes place in 1991; Harry was born in 1980, so he’ll be 11 when he begins his first year at Hogwarts.
What year was the last Harry Potter book published?
The seventh and final Harry Potter novel, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, was released on July 21, 2007, with an initial print run of 12 million copies in the United States alone, and was slated to be made into a major Hollywood film like each of the previous Harry Potter novels.
Can a 7 year old watch Harry Potter?
7u20139: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone is a great place to start (for younger kids, consider reading aloud together).
Is the Harry Potter series over?
Part 1 of J.K. Rowling’s epic fantasy series Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Warner Bros. split the final book of J.K. Rowling’s epic fantasy series into two movies, with Harry, Ron, and Hermione abandoning their final year of wizarding school to go on a quest to find and destroy all remaining Horcruxes.
How long did it take to write the second Harry Potter book?
Every aspect of Rowling’s books was planned and worked out, right down to how the Wizards and Muggles interacted (and the word Muggles, to begin with!) It took her five years to create and develop every last detail of the Harry Potter world; every detail of Rowling’s books was planned and worked out, right down to how the Wizards and Muggles interacted (and the word Muggles, to begin with!)
How old is Daniel Radcliffe in the first Harry Potter movie?
Radcliffe was 11 years old when the first Harry Potter film began filming on Sept. 29, 2000, and he was 12 years old when the film premiered in the United States on Nov. 16, 2001.
Why did Harry Potter do so well?
Harry Potter’s popularity stems in part from J.K. Rowling’s and the film’s scriptwriters’ brilliant writing, as well as the fact that it depicts its protagonist as seeking and eventually embracing power; in other words, Harry Potter is popular because people can relate to it.
How old was Albus Dumbledore when he died?
Dumbledore was around 115 years old when Snape fired the killing curse at him on top of Hogwarts’ astronomy tower, according to Pottermore.
How old is Hagrid?
Hagrid appears emotionally immature, despite the fact that he is said to be around 60 years old.
How old is Daniel Radcliffe?
Daniel Radcliffe is 32 years old in real life and has aged significantly since his last on-screen appearance as Harry Potter in the Deathly Hallows u2013 Part 2 film, which was released in 2011. His co-stars Emma Watson and Rupert Grint are 31 and 32 years old, respectively.
Who all died in Harry Potter?
There are spoilers for all eight “Harry Potter” films ahead.
- Rufus Scrimgeour.
- Regulus Black.
- Gellert Grindelwald.
- Nicolas Flamel.
- Quirinus Quirrell.
- Scabior.
- Bellatrix Lestrange. Bellatrix Lestrange died during the Battle of Hogwarts.
Was Snape bad in Harry Potter?
Snape uses his Patronus to lead Harry to the Gryffindor sword in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, and after Voldemort killed her, Snape secretly switched sides and agreed to help Dumbledore protect Harry from Voldemort. With all of this, it appears that the answer is clear: Snape is a good person.