A Spellbinding Guide to the Films

by Michael Kogge

Fantastic The Crimes of Grindelwald is coming to theaters November 16, 2018! Explore the new film series and its connections to Harry Potter with this beautiful handbook! As Fantastic The Crimes of Grindelwald breaks new ground, it's time to get up to speed on the films of J.K. Rowling's wizarding world! This handy handbook has everything fans need to sort hippogriffs from horcruxes, trace the lineage of the most noble wizarding families, explore the different wizarding governments, and study Hogwarts from the early 1900s on. This beautiful guide is the perfect deep dive into Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts and how the two worlds are connected, complete with family trees, infographics, and more.

Genres: Harry Potter, Fantasy, Reference, Young Adult, Fiction

128 pages, Paperback

Published October 9, 2018

About the author

Michael Kogge is an American screenwriter and author who has written for several Star Wars projects, including the Star Wars Adventure Journal, Star Wars Gamer magazine, Hyperspace, Star Wars Insider magazine, and the Star Wars: Edge of the Empire roleplaying game. He has also authored a series of Star Wars Rebels chapter books, adapting episodes from the show's first season.

Reviews

[mackenzie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Bought this for my harry potter collection a couple months ago and just got around to reading it. I didn’t learn anything new, but it’s definitely a fun and interesting read 🫶🏻

[•✿ Mår¥ Låmß ✿• · Rating 5 out of 5]

A Great birthday present

[Jane · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very nice book that goes over everything pertaining to the movies.

[Kate · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fun little collectible book for the wizarding world for Harry Potter fans. It had lots of new information from the latest movies and I learnt a few new things! Officially added to my collection. 4.5 stars.

[Ashley N. · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love the visual, infographic presentation style of this book. Current up to the newest Fantastic Beasts movie, the data within categorizes and details magical places, people, creatures and objects. Lots of interesting tidbits. Quite a handy resource to brush up on HP lore. Any lover of the HP films would enjoy this one.

[Shahna · Rating 1 out of 5]

Could be better.
It’s pretty.
Nothing fancy.

[Andrew · Rating 5 out of 5]

Okay, so I'm a Potter Nerd. I grew up with the books, the movies and the new Fantastic Beasts films. So I do love them, but even if you've only seen the movies or ONLY read the books, this book is for anyone who is a Potter Fan. I'm serious.
It lists every character, every creature, the history of Hogwarts, the schools around the world, the locations, the classes, the professors, the magical objects, the magical people, the famous and infamous, the money, the spells, it is all jam packed into this book with HUNDREDS of photos and artwork from the 10 (so far) Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts films! ITS awesome.

Let me put it this way...I'm going to buy this book. It takes a lot for me to buy a book and there are tons of fandom Harry Potter books out there, but this one SERIOUSLY takes the cake.

Great Middle School or Teen Non-Fiction Read for fans of the Franchise!

[Lina Dalmau · Rating 3 out of 5]

Sapevo il 99% delle informazioni presenti in questo volume e durante la lettura ho trovato molte informazioni errate. In più sono presenti errori ortografici.
Non ha arricchito la mia conoscenza sulla saga, ha solo confermato ciò che già conoscevo.
Per i veri appassionati potrebbe essere una lettura noiosa, ma, potrebbe essere una buona guida per chi ha guardato solo i film o che non conosce per nulla il modo magico.

[Keshia · Rating 3 out of 5]

I don’t recommend reading this if you haven’t read the series first. If you do, be prepared for lots of spoilers and some definite inaccuracies. I wasn’t a huge fan of the format on some of the pages either. The information, while in separate sections, sometimes seemed all over the place. Overall, definitely not my favorite of these types of books I’ve read.

[Vanessa · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was interesting to see how the Harry Potter Series and Fantastic Beasts cover different parts of Dumbledore's life and others. Some of the info they say are in the fantastic beast movies I could not find. Need to watch again I guess.

[Karen · Rating 5 out of 5]

A lot of information including both series presented in an interesting forum.

[Mary · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good compilation of every aspect of the wizarding world.

[Lillee Wakefield · Rating 4 out of 5]

Was a fun read but nothing someone how has read and watched about the wizarding wouldn't already know.

[• hajargasser • · Rating 5 out of 5]

❤❤❤

[Katie · Rating 4 out of 5]

A nice book for Harry Potter Collectors. I didn’t really learn anything new from this book, but it was still an interesting read!

[Lisa D · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved it!

[ottoemezza · Rating 3 out of 5]

scrittura scorrevole, consigliato a chi è un fan sfegatato di harry potter come me. questo libro racconta di tante cose molto interessanti e appropriate riguardo la saga. mi ha interessato molto.

[Amelia · Rating 3 out of 5]

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[Chanelle Clement · Rating 2 out of 5]

Rien appris de pertinent, j'ai même décelé quelques erreurs. Outre la jolie mise en page, c'était assez décevant.

[Sadie · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 ⭐

great read and very helpful if you happen to have some Harry Potter trivia coming up lol

[Rocío Prieto · Rating 4 out of 5]

Me gusta mucho como está planteada esta guía. Es un libro pequeño para todo los que se puede hablar de este mundo pero aún así trae información muy interesante tanto de Harry Potter como de Fantastic Beasts que merece la pena curiosear.

[Melissa Hamm · Rating 5 out of 5]

A fun book to add to my collection but was always a quick book to read and learn the comparisons of the Harry Potter & Fantastic Beast movies but also learning how they are the same in many ways. I love books like this that show that Harry Potter & Fantastic Beast line up and connect to make one great world.