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Harry Potter Mina Lima Edition Series Collection 2 Books Set by J.K. Rowling
Please Note That The Following Individual Books As Per Original ISBN and Cover Image In this Listing shall be Dispatched Harry Potter Mina Lima Edition Series Collection 2 Books Set by J.K. Harry Potter The Chamber of When a new family moves to the village, Zaiba is intrigued to hear about the strange happenings in their home. Things go missing, objects are smashed and unfriendly messages are painted on the walls. There have always been rumours that the house is haunted, but is a ghost really causing all this trouble? Zaiba and her team are convinced that the culprit is very much alive – and won’t stop until they get what they want… Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s An irresistible new edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone created with ultra-talented designers MinaLima, the design magicians behind the gorgeous visual graphic style of the Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts films. J.K. Rowling's complete and unabridged text is accompanied by MinaLima's handsome colour illustrations on nearly every page, superb design, and eight exclusive interactive paper-engineered elements - including Harry's Hogwarts letter, the magical entrance to Diagon Alley, a sumptuous feast in the Great Hall of Hogwarts and more.
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Although she writes under the pen name J.K. Rowling, pronounced like rolling, her name when her first Harry Potter book was published was simply Joanne Rowling. Anticipating that the target audience of young boys might not want to read a book written by a woman, her publishers demanded that she use two initials, rather than her full name. As she had no middle name, she chose K as the second initial of her pen name, from her paternal grandmother Kathleen Ada Bulgen Rowling. She calls herself Jo and has said, "No one ever called me 'Joanne' when I was young, unless they were angry." Following her marriage, she has sometimes used the name Joanne Murray when conducting personal business. During the Leveson Inquiry she gave evidence under the name of Joanne Kathleen Rowling. In a 2012 interview, Rowling noted that she no longer cared that people pronounced her name incorrectly.
Rowling was born to Peter James Rowling, a Rolls-Royce aircraft engineer, and Anne Rowling (née Volant), on 31 July 1965 in Yate, Gloucestershire, England, 10 miles (16 km) northeast of Bristol. Her mother Anne was half-French and half-Scottish. Her parents first met on a train departing from King's Cross Station bound for Arbroath in 1964. They married on 14 March 1965. Her mother's maternal grandfather, Dugald Campbell, was born in Lamlash on the Isle of Arran. Her mother's paternal grandfather, Louis Volant, was awarded the Croix de Guerre for exceptional bravery in defending the village of Courcelles-le-Comte during the First World War.
Rowling's sister Dianne was born at their home when Rowling was 23 months old. The family moved to the nearby village Winterbourne when Rowling was four. She attended St Michael's Primary School, a school founded by abolitionist William Wilberforce and education reformer Hannah More. Her headmaster at St Michael's, Alfred Dunn, has been suggested as the inspiration for the Harry Potter headmaster Albus Dumbledore.
As a child, Rowling often wrote fantasy stories, which she would usually then read to her sister. She recalls that: "I can still remember me telling her a story in which she fell down a rabbit hole and was fed strawberries by the rabbit family inside it. Certainly the first story I ever wrote down (when I was five or six) was about a rabbit called Rabbit. He got the measles and was visited by his friends, including a giant bee called Miss Bee." At the age of nine, Rowling moved to Church Cottage in the Gloucestershire village of Tutshill, close to Chepstow, Wales. When she was a young teenager, her great aunt, who Rowling said "taught classics and approved of a thirst for knowledge, even of a questionable kind," gave her a very old copy of Jessica Mitford's autobiography, Hons and Rebels. Mitford became Rowling's heroine, and Rowling subsequently read all of her books.
Rowling has said of her teenage years, in an interview with The New Yorker, "I wasn’t particularly happy. I think it’s a dreadful time of life." She had a difficult homelife; her mother was ill and she had a difficult relationship with her father (she is no longer on speaking terms with him). She attended secondary school at Wyedean School and College, where her mother had worked as a technician in the science department. Rowling said of her adolescence, "Hermione [a bookish, know-it-all Harry Potter character] is loosely based on me. She's a caricature of me when I was eleven, which I'm not particularly proud of." Steve Eddy, who taught Rowling English when she first arrived, remembers her as "not exceptional" but "one of a group of girls who were bright, and quite good at English." Sean Harris, her best friend in the Upper Sixth owned a turquoise Ford Anglia, which she says inspired the one in her books.
Although she writes under the pen name J.K. Rowling, pronounced like rolling, her name when her first Harry Potter book was published was simply Joanne Rowling. Anticipating that the target audience of young boys might not want to read a book written by a woman, her publishers demanded that she use two initials, rather than her full name. As she had no middle name, she chose K as the second initial of her pen name, from her paternal grandmother Kathleen Ada Bulgen Rowling. She calls herself Jo and has said, "No one ever called me 'Joanne' when I was young, unless they were angry." Following her marriage, she has sometimes used the name Joanne Murray when conducting personal business. During the Leveson Inquiry she gave evidence under the name of Joanne Kathleen Rowling. In a 2012 interview, Rowling noted that she no longer cared that people pronounced her name incorrectly.
Rowling was born to Peter James Rowling, a Rolls-Royce aircraft engineer, and Anne Rowling (née Volant), on 31 July 1965 in Yate, Gloucestershire, England, 10 miles (16 km) northeast of Bristol. Her mother Anne was half-French and half-Scottish. Her parents first met on a train departing from King's Cross Station bound for Arbroath in 1964. They married on 14 March 1965. Her mother's maternal grandfather, Dugald Campbell, was born in Lamlash on the Isle of Arran. Her mother's paternal grandfather, Louis Volant, was awarded the Croix de Guerre for exceptional bravery in defending the village of Courcelles-le-Comte during the First World War.
Rowling's sister Dianne was born at their home when Rowling was 23 months old. The family moved to the nearby village Winterbourne when Rowling was four. She attended St Michael's Primary School, a school founded by abolitionist William Wilberforce and education reformer Hannah More. Her headmaster at St Michael's, Alfred Dunn, has been suggested as the inspiration for the Harry Potter headmaster Albus Dumbledore.
As a child, Rowling often wrote fantasy stories, which she would usually then read to her sister. She recalls that: "I can still remember me telling her a story in which she fell down a rabbit hole and was fed strawberries by the rabbit family inside it. Certainly the first story I ever wrote down (when I was five or six) was about a rabbit called Rabbit. He got the measles and was visited by his friends, including a giant bee called Miss Bee." At the age of nine, Rowling moved to Church Cottage in the Gloucestershire village of Tutshill, close to Chepstow, Wales. When she was a young teenager, her great aunt, who Rowling said "taught classics and approved of a thirst for knowledge, even of a questionable kind," gave her a very old copy of Jessica Mitford's autobiography, Hons and Rebels. Mitford became Rowling's heroine, and Rowling subsequently read all of her books.
Rowling has said of her teenage years, in an interview with The New Yorker, "I wasn’t particularly happy. I think it’s a dreadful time of life." She had a difficult homelife; her mother was ill and she had a difficult relationship with her father (she is no longer on speaking terms with him). She attended secondary school at Wyedean School and College, where her mother had worked as a technician in the science department. Rowling said of her adolescence, "Hermione [a bookish, know-it-all Harry Potter character] is loosely based on me. She's a caricature of me when I was eleven, which I'm not particularly proud of." Steve Eddy, who taught Rowling English when she first arrived, remembers her as "not exceptional" but "one of a group of girls who were bright, and quite good at English." Sean Harris, her best friend in the Upper Sixth owned a turquoise Ford Anglia, which she says inspired the one in her books.
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May 1, 2023
And I have done it and read a 1000 books!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
February 23, 2017
Stunning editions of the first two books in an already amazing, epic series. I can't wait to collect them all. I wish all of the books I read, especially YA fantasy, would come out with illustrated editions. What a nostalgic concept. I love it. These look so lovely sitting on my shelves I can hardly stand it.
This box set was only $30.00 (for both books incl. slipcover) on Abe Books. Here's the link:
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This box set was only $30.00 (for both books incl. slipcover) on Abe Books. Here's the link:
https://www.abebooks.com/products/isb...
August 21, 2018
So fun and wonderful to read these aloud to my boys and they had so much more meaning as a parent. pg. 239, 'Your mother died to save you. If there is one thing Voldemort cannot understand, it is love. He didn't realize that love as powerful as your mother's for you leaves its own mark. Not a scar, no visible sign... to have been loved so deeply, even though the person who loved us is gone, will give us some protections for ever.'
June 20, 2022
Beautiful illustrations for beautifully written books.
December 2, 2020
Harry Potter e la camera dei segreti. Edizione Illustrata di J.K. Rowling e illustrato da Jim Kay.
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“Questa sarà una recensione diversa dal solito.
Perché non sarà la recensione del romanzo in sé, che arriverà più avanti in occasione della rilettura che farò dell’intera saga.
Ma vi recensirò l’edizione in quanto edizione illustrata, sennò rischia di essere un papiro lunghissimo.
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Abbiamo lasciato Harry alla fine del primo romanzo, felice e triste allo stesso tempo.
Felice per l’anno passato ad Hogwarts e triste per dover tornare nella casa degli zii.
In questo volume troveremo nuovamente illustrazioni meravigliose e suggestive.
Si ha davvero la sensazione di entrare sempre di più all’interno del meraviglioso mondo creato dalla Rowling.
Troviamo subito una bellissima illustrazione della Tana dei Weasley.
Per poi passare a Dobby, a quell’odioso di Gilderoy Lockhart, a paesaggi innevati con il castello di Hogwarts.
All’interno ne troverete davvero tantissime, molte delle quali vi lasceranno senza parole.
Sicuramente questo volume necessita di essere presente in tutte le case degli amanti di questa meravigliosa saga.
Perché non può di certo mancare.
Se invece vi state avvicinano da poco a questo mondo magico, vi consiglio di partire direttamente con queste edizioni.
Certo, sono un po’ costose, ma vi permetteranno di entrare a 360 gradi all’interno della storia di Harry, Ron, Hermione e company.
Sono tanti i personaggi presenti all’interno dei romanzi, alcuni meravigliosi, altri un po’ meno.
Non posso dare 5 stelle piene, perché come ho già detto per il precedente volume, non mi piace come tratteggia Ron.
In questi primi due romanzi, ha tra gli undici e i dodici anni e secondo il mio parere personale, lo disegna troppo adulto per l’età effettiva che ha.
E’ l’unico tra i disegni che davvero non ho apprezzato e questa cosa mi dispiace veramente molto, in quanto Ron è uno dei miei personaggi preferiti.
Gli altri si nota che sono un mix tra caratteristiche presenti all’interno del romanzo, e un mix degli attori.
Harry è tratteggiato perfettamente e si può notare il mix tra personaggio cartaceo e personaggio cinematografico.
Jim Kay ha un tratto magnifico, riesce a farti immergere completamente nella storia attraverso i suoi disegni.
Si resta fermi incantati come una magia per molto davanti ad ogni suo lavoro.
Vedendo davanti a voi, le immagini che di solito vi immaginavate mentre sfogliavate la storia.
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Se siete già dei fan sfegatati, vi consiglio di maneggiare con cura questa edizione, soprattutto se come me l’acquisterete nella versione flessibile che costa un po’ di meno, e non nella versione rigida.
Il mio consiglio è quella di godervela, sfogliarla e rileggervi qualche passaggio mentre i vostri occhi saranno catturati dalle immagini.
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Ammetto che avrei apprezzato qualche illustrazione in più.
Ma posso comprendere che il lavoro dietro ogni disegno sia enorme.
Quella del ragno è spaventosa, soprattutto per chi è aracnofobico, fa veramente paura.
Credetemi, ho avuto i brividi.
In questo secondo volume per fortuna troviamo qualche disegno in più dei luoghi, mentre nel primo si era concentrato maggiormente sui personaggi.
Avrei voluto vedere qualche schizzo di Ginny, mi è dispiaciuto molto non trovare una sua illustrazione, soprattutto verso la fine, nella scena della camera dei segreti.
Un’altra cosa interessante, è che ci sono vari mini disegni che vanno ad arricchire le pagine.
Voto finale per quanto riguarda la versione illustrata: 4.75/5.”
.
“Questa sarà una recensione diversa dal solito.
Perché non sarà la recensione del romanzo in sé, che arriverà più avanti in occasione della rilettura che farò dell’intera saga.
Ma vi recensirò l’edizione in quanto edizione illustrata, sennò rischia di essere un papiro lunghissimo.
.
Abbiamo lasciato Harry alla fine del primo romanzo, felice e triste allo stesso tempo.
Felice per l’anno passato ad Hogwarts e triste per dover tornare nella casa degli zii.
In questo volume troveremo nuovamente illustrazioni meravigliose e suggestive.
Si ha davvero la sensazione di entrare sempre di più all’interno del meraviglioso mondo creato dalla Rowling.
Troviamo subito una bellissima illustrazione della Tana dei Weasley.
Per poi passare a Dobby, a quell’odioso di Gilderoy Lockhart, a paesaggi innevati con il castello di Hogwarts.
All’interno ne troverete davvero tantissime, molte delle quali vi lasceranno senza parole.
Sicuramente questo volume necessita di essere presente in tutte le case degli amanti di questa meravigliosa saga.
Perché non può di certo mancare.
Se invece vi state avvicinano da poco a questo mondo magico, vi consiglio di partire direttamente con queste edizioni.
Certo, sono un po’ costose, ma vi permetteranno di entrare a 360 gradi all’interno della storia di Harry, Ron, Hermione e company.
Sono tanti i personaggi presenti all’interno dei romanzi, alcuni meravigliosi, altri un po’ meno.
Non posso dare 5 stelle piene, perché come ho già detto per il precedente volume, non mi piace come tratteggia Ron.
In questi primi due romanzi, ha tra gli undici e i dodici anni e secondo il mio parere personale, lo disegna troppo adulto per l’età effettiva che ha.
E’ l’unico tra i disegni che davvero non ho apprezzato e questa cosa mi dispiace veramente molto, in quanto Ron è uno dei miei personaggi preferiti.
Gli altri si nota che sono un mix tra caratteristiche presenti all’interno del romanzo, e un mix degli attori.
Harry è tratteggiato perfettamente e si può notare il mix tra personaggio cartaceo e personaggio cinematografico.
Jim Kay ha un tratto magnifico, riesce a farti immergere completamente nella storia attraverso i suoi disegni.
Si resta fermi incantati come una magia per molto davanti ad ogni suo lavoro.
Vedendo davanti a voi, le immagini che di solito vi immaginavate mentre sfogliavate la storia.
.
Se siete già dei fan sfegatati, vi consiglio di maneggiare con cura questa edizione, soprattutto se come me l’acquisterete nella versione flessibile che costa un po’ di meno, e non nella versione rigida.
Il mio consiglio è quella di godervela, sfogliarla e rileggervi qualche passaggio mentre i vostri occhi saranno catturati dalle immagini.
.
Ammetto che avrei apprezzato qualche illustrazione in più.
Ma posso comprendere che il lavoro dietro ogni disegno sia enorme.
Quella del ragno è spaventosa, soprattutto per chi è aracnofobico, fa veramente paura.
Credetemi, ho avuto i brividi.
In questo secondo volume per fortuna troviamo qualche disegno in più dei luoghi, mentre nel primo si era concentrato maggiormente sui personaggi.
Avrei voluto vedere qualche schizzo di Ginny, mi è dispiaciuto molto non trovare una sua illustrazione, soprattutto verso la fine, nella scena della camera dei segreti.
Un’altra cosa interessante, è che ci sono vari mini disegni che vanno ad arricchire le pagine.
Voto finale per quanto riguarda la versione illustrata: 4.75/5.”
October 29, 2020
Well, well, well. I put the Jim Kay illustrated versions of the first three Harry Potter books (all that was available so far) on my Christmas list last year. They seemed like fun. And my husband and kids got them for me and they were so beautiful under the Christmas tree and then I looked through them, so carefully, and then put them on the shelf. Why? Because I read Harry Potter in the fall? Yeah, basically. I knew I’d get to them soon enough. It’s the fall! I pulled the books back down and started reading them, gingerly. As the fourth one is now available, I ordered that one and read it too before moving on to my old paperback copies to finish off the series for the year. And now I wait impatiently for the rest of the illustrated series to release, oh-so-slowly.
Honestly, I didn’t expect to like them very much. They seemed more like a collector’s item, and they are, because they are expensive and pieces of art as much as of literature. But so are many other picture books, just not as expensive. Not that they are expensive for money’s sake. Actually, at around $40 a piece and cheaper in a set and at many places (I paid more like $25 for my fourth one), they’re not more expensive than they should be: they’re enormous things (and I wonder what books five and seven will be like!), on thick, glossy paper, and colorful throughout, the illustrations extending to the very tips of the pages. I also, upon perusing the first one in a book store way back, was not that thrilled with the illustrations themselves. I thought they just weren’t my style.
I was wrong. I love these books. Let me first tell you the downside (besides price): they are too hefty and pretty to carry around with you. They take up a lot of lap space, and I feel like I’m handling a precious artifact as I try not to smudge the pages. (Perhaps cotton gloves is an idea?) That’s it. If you are okay with curling up at home to read these, using a table instead for your snack which you’ll eat with frequent napkinning, then they are definitely worth it for someone who loves Harry Potter. Even newbies could really enjoy reading Harry Potter the first time with these books, especially children. (Though later books in the original series get grimmer and more mature and are not really appropriate for children.)
Plus sides: first of all, the illustrations are beautiful and they are plentiful. Many pages just have a pattern set behind them, but there are illustrations about every other or every third turn of the page, it seems, and some of them are very elaborate. These are paintings, paintings that took research, planning, sculpting models, mocking, and time. They are also detailed, and I have enjoyed sitting and looking around at all those details, which does mean I’m reading slower, but it’s a fun experience. Other great things? Seeing the Wizarding World through new eyes. I have grown accustomed to seeing it through the eyes of Universal Studios, but not only does Jim Kay have a different imagination and the approval of J. K. Rowling, but he is able to do things on the page that a movie studio can’t do, due to limitations with money, CG, and casting. For example, Kay can present the characters just as they are described in the books. It’s a slightly different world with Kay than it is with Universal. And the best part? At least for an Anglophile? Though they are not straight-up UK editions (still The Sorcerer’s Stone and not The Philosopher’s Stone), they are put out by Bloomsbury and as far as I can tell, the British English remains in the text. I have been looking to buy a paperback set in the UK edition and have found it difficult, so I was super excited as I read these to see that the original language and expressions were left alone. I love it.
So, obviously a recommend. They are a bit of an investment, especially over a used paperback set (or one from your library), but I am really enjoying them. (Note: there is also a deluxe illustrated edition. They cost more and have cloth covers, but I can’t say what else.) This set has a place at the top of my bookshelves and I will continue to collect them. Book five—The Order of the Phoenix—is scheduled to come out in 2021. After that, who knows? I also want to point out that Minalima is releasing an illustrated version, one book at a time. The first one came out this year, but I have not held a copy in my hands, no thanks to the pandemic. It is a totally different style from the Jim Kay ones, with simpler, more animated-feeling illustrations and, so I hear, papercraft interaction? Like a fold-out letter, etc. They are in about the same price range, but dare I own another thing Harry Potter?
I believe I do.
***REVIEW WRITTEN FOR THE STARVING ARTIST***
Honestly, I didn’t expect to like them very much. They seemed more like a collector’s item, and they are, because they are expensive and pieces of art as much as of literature. But so are many other picture books, just not as expensive. Not that they are expensive for money’s sake. Actually, at around $40 a piece and cheaper in a set and at many places (I paid more like $25 for my fourth one), they’re not more expensive than they should be: they’re enormous things (and I wonder what books five and seven will be like!), on thick, glossy paper, and colorful throughout, the illustrations extending to the very tips of the pages. I also, upon perusing the first one in a book store way back, was not that thrilled with the illustrations themselves. I thought they just weren’t my style.
I was wrong. I love these books. Let me first tell you the downside (besides price): they are too hefty and pretty to carry around with you. They take up a lot of lap space, and I feel like I’m handling a precious artifact as I try not to smudge the pages. (Perhaps cotton gloves is an idea?) That’s it. If you are okay with curling up at home to read these, using a table instead for your snack which you’ll eat with frequent napkinning, then they are definitely worth it for someone who loves Harry Potter. Even newbies could really enjoy reading Harry Potter the first time with these books, especially children. (Though later books in the original series get grimmer and more mature and are not really appropriate for children.)
Plus sides: first of all, the illustrations are beautiful and they are plentiful. Many pages just have a pattern set behind them, but there are illustrations about every other or every third turn of the page, it seems, and some of them are very elaborate. These are paintings, paintings that took research, planning, sculpting models, mocking, and time. They are also detailed, and I have enjoyed sitting and looking around at all those details, which does mean I’m reading slower, but it’s a fun experience. Other great things? Seeing the Wizarding World through new eyes. I have grown accustomed to seeing it through the eyes of Universal Studios, but not only does Jim Kay have a different imagination and the approval of J. K. Rowling, but he is able to do things on the page that a movie studio can’t do, due to limitations with money, CG, and casting. For example, Kay can present the characters just as they are described in the books. It’s a slightly different world with Kay than it is with Universal. And the best part? At least for an Anglophile? Though they are not straight-up UK editions (still The Sorcerer’s Stone and not The Philosopher’s Stone), they are put out by Bloomsbury and as far as I can tell, the British English remains in the text. I have been looking to buy a paperback set in the UK edition and have found it difficult, so I was super excited as I read these to see that the original language and expressions were left alone. I love it.
So, obviously a recommend. They are a bit of an investment, especially over a used paperback set (or one from your library), but I am really enjoying them. (Note: there is also a deluxe illustrated edition. They cost more and have cloth covers, but I can’t say what else.) This set has a place at the top of my bookshelves and I will continue to collect them. Book five—The Order of the Phoenix—is scheduled to come out in 2021. After that, who knows? I also want to point out that Minalima is releasing an illustrated version, one book at a time. The first one came out this year, but I have not held a copy in my hands, no thanks to the pandemic. It is a totally different style from the Jim Kay ones, with simpler, more animated-feeling illustrations and, so I hear, papercraft interaction? Like a fold-out letter, etc. They are in about the same price range, but dare I own another thing Harry Potter?
I believe I do.
***REVIEW WRITTEN FOR THE STARVING ARTIST***
January 8, 2020
I absolutely loved reading these books to my son. Not only was it so much fun to revisit Harry Potter, but also our experiences were enhanced by the beautiful illustrations. We will treasure these books!
May 18, 2017
BEAUTIFUL AND AMAZING!! The pictures are just wonderful. I love reading the Illustrated Editions. Already pre-ordered the third one.
November 22, 2017
The stunning illustrations brought me so much joy as I reread this for the umpteenth time!
September 29, 2019
I read the box set with the first three illustrated books. I've always loved the Harry Potter books but these illustrations really brought the story to life! Beautifully done!
January 13, 2019
Gave this to my toddler for Christmas because I wanted it :)
So beautiful, terribly fun to revisit, and already foreshadowing the end of the series. This was the first time reading The Sorcerers Stone since finishing the final book in the series, and I’m impressed at how well planned Harry’s arc is from the start.
So beautiful, terribly fun to revisit, and already foreshadowing the end of the series. This was the first time reading The Sorcerers Stone since finishing the final book in the series, and I’m impressed at how well planned Harry’s arc is from the start.
November 26, 2019
Read these with H for the first time.
October 9, 2017
The illustrations in these Harry Potter novels created a new reading experience. I may have read these books countless times but seeing the illustrations for the first time was exciting. A must read for all Harry Potter fans.
March 21, 2018
read the philosophers stone , the illustrated version.
Frick is so good. LIKE I haven't had a harry potter reread since like ,year 7 . and i have read Harry P 100million billion times.
the drawings are , wow. theyre just wow. wow wow wowowowowowowowoowoOOW!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE iT, and also going back and just remembering how intricate and amazing the story is , like exclude the movie, so much happens in this first book. FOR EXAMPLE, SIRUS black is introduced in the first chapter? how you ask. Sirius black is the one who hooks Hagrid up with the flying motorbike. yes. you heard me correctly. AHH i love all the little details you just forget and thats why rereading is the bEST.
Frick is so good. LIKE I haven't had a harry potter reread since like ,year 7 . and i have read Harry P 100million billion times.
the drawings are , wow. theyre just wow. wow wow wowowowowowowowoowoOOW!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE iT, and also going back and just remembering how intricate and amazing the story is , like exclude the movie, so much happens in this first book. FOR EXAMPLE, SIRUS black is introduced in the first chapter? how you ask. Sirius black is the one who hooks Hagrid up with the flying motorbike. yes. you heard me correctly. AHH i love all the little details you just forget and thats why rereading is the bEST.
September 3, 2017
These books finally got my girls interested in Harry Potter! They loved the gorgeous illustrations & we read them as a bedtime story, which made these perfect. (I hope they make illustrated books of the entire series.) We ended up continuing the story by listening to the audiobooks, narrated by Jim Dale (who is an AMAZING narrator by the way), and the kids are now almost done with the entire series... Highly recommend these for your kid's library!
September 8, 2019
5 Stars! Always 5 Stars. The illustrations made it even more magical.
December 8, 2017
This review is for the Illustrated editions of books 1 and 2. I read these Potters years ago and in all honesty didn't love either of the first couple of books in the series (or indeed the end couple, but that's a different review). They were okay stories, by the numbers and predictable adventures with some nice twists on the school novel. This time, however, I was reading them aloud to my son and in that context and with the wonderful illustrations they were absolutely brilliant.
My boy loved these books, was completely absorbed in the stories and enjoyed the meandering details which I might have found slow or tedious otherwise. The characters border on caricature but when you're reading aloud and giving each character their own 'voice' this actually makes the experience more entertaining for both reader and listener. The lack of demands in terms of complexity become a point in these stories favour when you're reading to a five or six year old; complex enough to demand concentration and reward engagement, but not so intricate that they lose interest. The entire experience is added to immeasurably by Jim Kay's illustrations, which bring to life Rowling's world beautifully. Each time we got to one of the full page illustrations my son would pore over it, asking questions and relating it back to what we had just been reading.
Overall a terrific shared reading experience which leaves both of us looking forward to the delivery of the 3rd illustrated edition this Christmas!
My boy loved these books, was completely absorbed in the stories and enjoyed the meandering details which I might have found slow or tedious otherwise. The characters border on caricature but when you're reading aloud and giving each character their own 'voice' this actually makes the experience more entertaining for both reader and listener. The lack of demands in terms of complexity become a point in these stories favour when you're reading to a five or six year old; complex enough to demand concentration and reward engagement, but not so intricate that they lose interest. The entire experience is added to immeasurably by Jim Kay's illustrations, which bring to life Rowling's world beautifully. Each time we got to one of the full page illustrations my son would pore over it, asking questions and relating it back to what we had just been reading.
Overall a terrific shared reading experience which leaves both of us looking forward to the delivery of the 3rd illustrated edition this Christmas!
April 12, 2023
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone: The Illustrated Edition, by J.K. Rawling and illustrated by Jim Kay is an amazing addition to the Harry Potter Universe. The book builds on the magical and engaging world Harry Potter lives in by providing beautiful full color illustrations that help engage the reader. The illustrations range from full page illustrations to smaller ones, but each has been meticulously created to help the reader visualize Rawlings unique story and vision. This book would be especially beneficial to younger readers being introduced to the World of Hogwarts. The culture of the Harry Potter has permeated so many facets of everyday life. Children and adults alike love to read and reread the story of how Harry Potter rose from being a muggle (non-magical) to enter the wizarding world at boarding school. This is the first book in the series that provides goods triumph over evil and the downfall of Voldemort all while being masked in a coming of age story about a boy and his best friends.
June 8, 2019
I truly love illustrated books, but I usually like illustrations that compliment rather than depict the story outright. Thankfully however, there are exceptions ❤️. Me and my kids had splendid time reading these aloud.
Every time I read to kids I have to read much slower than what I am used to, but it’s still super cozy to huddle up before bedtime with such beautifully made books. Kids also get totally surprised when they discover content NOT shown in the movies, so I have to explain where these new events and sometimes even new characters are coming from. This search for novelty is sustaining their interest pretty well, so watching movies first and then reading the books is just fine it turns out 😊👌
So if you like to read aloud to children and if the kids like fantasy, and what kid doesn’t 🤩 then go ahead and get yourself this set. Also get this set if you yourself enjoy illustrated books regardless of you having kids or not 😁✌️☮️
Every time I read to kids I have to read much slower than what I am used to, but it’s still super cozy to huddle up before bedtime with such beautifully made books. Kids also get totally surprised when they discover content NOT shown in the movies, so I have to explain where these new events and sometimes even new characters are coming from. This search for novelty is sustaining their interest pretty well, so watching movies first and then reading the books is just fine it turns out 😊👌
So if you like to read aloud to children and if the kids like fantasy, and what kid doesn’t 🤩 then go ahead and get yourself this set. Also get this set if you yourself enjoy illustrated books regardless of you having kids or not 😁✌️☮️
August 1, 2020
I'm leaving a review for the Harry Potter series as a whole, and while I can't deny part of the reason I feel as negatively about these books as I do is because J.K Rowling is a horrible human TERF who doesn't support basic human rights, I can honestly say I never liked the series, even though I grew up with them essentially following my upbringing. I was in the exact demographic to read these books and age up with the characters, and yet they always sat wrong with me. To me, they always felt like an overly hyped mess. I hate when everyone jumps on the bandwagon for no reason other than to be like, "Oh, me too! Me too!" I gave each and every one of these books a go. I really did. I tried. But they never lived up to the hype, and now that their author has come out as a hate-filled narcissist, I hope they disappear into the annals of history as a blip on the radar. We need some positive author rep out there, putting out stories far better than this that catch that hype train.
May 31, 2021
Book 1 Review.
‘Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone’ by J.K Rowling & illustrated by Jim Kay 🪄✨
Book Review: As a few of you may have seen on my feed and stories over the past few months, I am reading Harry Potter for the first time ever! 🥰
I’ve been really enjoying delving into all things Harry Potter related, as I’ve been reading the books and watching the movies after.
As soon as I realised that the Harry Potter books have been adapted into illustrations, I was very keen to order it in to my local library to have a read 🤗
To be honest I was a bit surprised as I expected a lot more drawings to be in the book, if not all drawings. However the book contains the entire full script/and story line alongside some small drawings on the page and a few full pages of illustrations. The drawings were really beautiful, but just not entirely what I expected. It was still worth a read and I think it would still be a great collectors item!
Book 2 Review.
'Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets' by J.K Rowling & Illustrated by Jim Kay.
I think i definitely prefer this illustrated copy compared to the first book as it seems to have a lot more illustrations throughout it! Overall the drawings and colours used throughout the book are stunning, and it looks like lots of care has been used to create this book. I really recommend having a read of this one - It's a great collectors item!
‘Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone’ by J.K Rowling & illustrated by Jim Kay 🪄✨
Book Review: As a few of you may have seen on my feed and stories over the past few months, I am reading Harry Potter for the first time ever! 🥰
I’ve been really enjoying delving into all things Harry Potter related, as I’ve been reading the books and watching the movies after.
As soon as I realised that the Harry Potter books have been adapted into illustrations, I was very keen to order it in to my local library to have a read 🤗
To be honest I was a bit surprised as I expected a lot more drawings to be in the book, if not all drawings. However the book contains the entire full script/and story line alongside some small drawings on the page and a few full pages of illustrations. The drawings were really beautiful, but just not entirely what I expected. It was still worth a read and I think it would still be a great collectors item!
Book 2 Review.
'Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets' by J.K Rowling & Illustrated by Jim Kay.
I think i definitely prefer this illustrated copy compared to the first book as it seems to have a lot more illustrations throughout it! Overall the drawings and colours used throughout the book are stunning, and it looks like lots of care has been used to create this book. I really recommend having a read of this one - It's a great collectors item!
January 13, 2019
Read it to Micah for the first time, he's a total fan! It was fun to read through with someone who doesn't know the story, his surprise at many things, finding out Harry is a wizard, learning about Quittich and his delight over the silly scenes, those Weasley twins! And Norbert the dragon especially. It has been so fun to share it with him! Looking forward to ready many other fantasy and sci fi books with him as he grows. Also my first time with the illustrated book, not ever page has pictures but whenever they are there they are beautiful and detailed and we would often spend a few moments just admiring them.
April 26, 2020
Made me fall in love with the series even more, and I didn’t think that was possible!!
The illustrations are out of this world and I especially love how some of them didn’t match the versions we saw in movies and were more true to the books, than the Warner Brothers version.
Don’t get me wrong, I liked the Harry Potter we saw on film, but I always felt the production could only depict some things with CGI. The human imagination, however, is limitless and that’s why these illustrations have the upper hand in truly portraying the magic.
The sketches, the colors and the story, all add up perfectly!!
The illustrations are out of this world and I especially love how some of them didn’t match the versions we saw in movies and were more true to the books, than the Warner Brothers version.
Don’t get me wrong, I liked the Harry Potter we saw on film, but I always felt the production could only depict some things with CGI. The human imagination, however, is limitless and that’s why these illustrations have the upper hand in truly portraying the magic.
The sketches, the colors and the story, all add up perfectly!!
May 8, 2019
Read both of these, and plan on reading the 3rd, with our daughter. The illustrations are amazing and made the stories more entertaining for a young reader. Initially tried reading the unillustrated books with her, and she wasn't interested. Picked up these versions, and she didn't want to stop reading each night. They're so beautifully done with heavy weight paper and illustrations on almost every page (if not full pictures, background textures to make the pages look like old parchment). I seriously hope they give more books in the series the same treatment.
January 7, 2020
As fiction (and remember: Harry Potter, folks, is FICTION!), these stories are without compare, in recent years. And Jim Kay has done a masterful job of illustrating these first two in the collection (". . . and the Philosopher's Stone" and, ". . . and the Chamber of Secrets"). Even where imagination (or the movies) might have understood characters or scenes differently, Kay's drawings never disappoint. In fact, doing a closer reading of Rowling, one tends to find that Kay's rendering is more creatively consistent with the author's vision.
October 18, 2019
I thoroughly enjoyed reading this version of the book with Derek, and he did too! (We only finished book one, so far.) This was our special nightly reading after Conor was in bed. The kid who can’t remember that I just asked him to put his socks in the hamper remembered every word of this book. The pictures helped to keep him engaged during the slower, mysterious parts in the beginning, but the great writing and story kept him engaged on every page, even the ones without illustrations.
September 23, 2020
I love the illustrations. They are so beautiful and so detailed. This is my second time reading this book, and I just notice the details that I missed when I read it 10 years ago. During my reread, I realize that Sirus Black was introduced to the reader at the beginning of book 1 when he let Hagrid borrowed the flying motorbike to pick up Henry when Henry was a baby. The reading nostalgic of my childhood.
August 25, 2018
Do the Harry Potter books need an introduction?
As we all know it’s a world of magic loved by many. If a person hasn’t read the books then they have watched the films. If they have not done either of those things, they must have heard some kind of Harry Potter related comment.
Harry Potter has become so much part of our world that I have trouble believing people need reviews.
As we all know it’s a world of magic loved by many. If a person hasn’t read the books then they have watched the films. If they have not done either of those things, they must have heard some kind of Harry Potter related comment.
Harry Potter has become so much part of our world that I have trouble believing people need reviews.
June 15, 2019
As a skeptical, overly-serious young adult and late-comer to the Harry Potter world, reading the stories alongside amazing illustrations really helped me engage with the books more. With every new picture I was in total awe of Jim Kay's talent, and it was refreshing to see his own visual interpretation of the characters and scenes as compared to those in the movies. Gorgeous illustrations and a fun story-line, I would highly recommend reading these versions of Harry Potter for first-time readers of all ages.
December 1, 2017
If you love Harry Potter books but don't have these illustrated ones yet, make room for them! Jim Kay's art is beautiful and closely follows the descriptions in the books. These are must-buys for Potterheads!
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