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Pub. Date
[2012]
Description
"In 1995, on a four-hour-delayed train from Manchester to London, J. K. Rowling conceived of the idea of a boy wizard named Harry Potter. Upon arriving in London, she began immediately writing the first book in the saga. Rowling's true-life, rags-to-riches story is as compelling as the world of Hogwarts that she created. This biography details not only Rowling's life and her love of literature but the story behind the creation of a modern classic"--...
24) J.K. Rowling
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Description
J. K. Rowling has brought magic to millions of people. In the mid-1990s, she was a single mother struggling to publish her first novel. Today, she is a celebrity with fans around the world.
Author
Pub. Date
[2002]
Description
Magic and science may seem like strange bedfellows, but in this captivating and far-ranging book, respected science journalist Roger Highfield nimbly illustrates how the two disciplines are actually deeply intertwined in the Harry Potter books. Like Highfield's The Physics of Christmas, The Science of Harry Potter teases out the scientific explanations and surprising factual foundation of marvels and mysteries-only this time instead of reindeer and...
Author
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The New York Times bestseller, now fully updated to include Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Who was the real Nicholas Flamel? How did the Sorcerer's Stone get its power? Did J.K. Rowling dream up the terrifying basilisk, the seductive veela, or the vicious grindylow? And if she didn't, who did? Millions of readers around the world have been enchanted by the magical world of wizardry, spells, and mythical beasts inhabited by Harry Potter...
Pub. Date
2011
Description
Part 1 begins as Harry, Ron and Hermione set out on their perilous mission to track down and destroy the secret to Voldemort's immortality and destruction--the Horcruxes. On their own, without the guidance of their professors or the protection of Professor Dumbledore, the three friends must now rely on one another more than ever. But there are Dark Forces in their midst that threaten to tear them apart. Harry's only hope is to find the Horcruxes before...
28) J.K. Rowling
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
"Relevant images match informative text in this introduction to J.K. Rowling. Intended for students in kindergarten through third grade"--
30) J.K. Rowling
Author
Pub. Date
c2007
Description
Examines the personal life and professional career of the author of the best-selling Harry Potter novels.
32) J.K. Rowling
Author
Pub. Date
c2003
Description
Discusses the childhood, education, influences, struggles, and writing career of J.K. Rowling, creator of the Harry Potter books.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2000.
Description
Cuando se abre la camara de secretos otra vez en la Escuela Hogwarts de Brujeria y Hechiceria el Harry Potter, estudiante del segundo ano, le encuentra en peligro de un poder oscuro que otra vez fue soltado en la escuela. (When the Chamber of Secrets is opened again at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, second-year student Harry Potter finds himself in danger from a dark power that has once more been released on the school.)
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2012
Description
Gift in memory of Barbara Bradley.
"Learn all about the magical minifigures and creatures of LEGo Harry Potter. Discover every version and variant from Harry to Hermione, Dobby to Dumbledore! The fascinating text reveals amazing design details and brick facts"--from p. [4] of cover.
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