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Harry Potter Schoolbooks: Quidditch Through the Ages and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
SHS0545007984 Features: -Subjects: Literacy Centers.-Reference Book Type: Teacher's Guide.-Age Recommendation: Grades K-2.-Language(s): English.-Global Product Type: Reference Books.-Number of Pages : 96.
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First published January 1, 2001
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J.K. Rowling
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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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June 8, 2008
Quidditch through the Ages - Wonderful. I love reading about the extensive history of that magical sport we all know or of which we are unaware, and either love or hate or somewhere in between.
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them - The content is great, but the best parts are Harry and Ron's scribbles.
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them - The content is great, but the best parts are Harry and Ron's scribbles.
July 28, 2008
These are two fun, silly books that JK Rowling wrote to support a children's literacy charity. They resemble two of the text books that Harry & Co. use during their time at Hogwart's, and are filled with amusing anecdotes and doodlings that are supposed to be from the character's themselves. A wealth of information from Jo's brilliant, creative mind can be read in each of these books, and all of the proceeds for the sale of the books is donated to the charity!
December 30, 2007
A history of the wizard sport-Quidditch! It's awesome. I love this!!! lolol..hahaha I have no life.
March 9, 2012
When I was a little girl I desperately wanted to be a Hogwarts student. I always knew that I would be in Gryffindor and on the Quidditch team (Seeker, beater, chaser, keeper-it didn't matter) and I would excel at Defense Against the Dark Arts (what can I say, I'm quick witted:P). It was a dream that would lull me until I was fast asleep and made me envy every kid I saw in Movie Magic Magazine sporting a House scarf. Though never entirely serious about getting my Hogwarts letter late and taking the first train to England, I did really wish that I could step into the Great Hall and listen to Dumbledore's powerful voice as he told us of the upincoming year. I know I'm not the only one who had these dreams, I was one in a thousand. So when my brother found these books and bought them (bless you, baby Jay!), it only transformed me into the HP world further with actual textbooks so that I could learn just like Harry, Ron, and Hermione. This was yet another brilliant Rowling success and she made her fan base so much deeper with these encouraging books that let us, at least every time we picked the books up, be a part of this dynamic, magical world.
September 28, 2011
Once again, Ms Rowling displays her carefully culled imagination. In Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, "notes" taken by Harry and Ron add hilarious commentary to the text itself. In Quidditch Through the Ages, Rowling provides an in-depth history of the game and its teams. I even found myself wondering what team I would support if I was a witch.
These are great additions to the Harry Potter canon. I LOVED both of these books.
These are great additions to the Harry Potter canon. I LOVED both of these books.
October 22, 2015
Quidditch Through the Ages:
This tiny book is a fun Annex for all those fans of the magical world of Harry Potter who want to feel like a student of Hogwards.
Spanish version:
Este librito es un divertido anexo para todos aquellos fans del mundo mágico de Harry Potter que quieran explorar los pequeños recovecos de su mundo y sentirse como un alumno más de Hogwards.
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Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them
This is a little gem to learn more about the rich world that J. K. Rowling has created to Harry Potter. The most curious thing is that this tiny booklet will be the inspiration for a new trilogy of films to be released in the coming months, focusing on its hypothetical author Newt Scamander.
Spanish version:
Ésta es una pequeña joya para aprender más sobre el rico mundo que J. K. Rowling creó para Harry Potter. Lo más curioso del caso es que este diminuto libreto será la inspiración para una nueva trilogía de películas que se estrenarán en los próximos años, centradas en su hipotético autor Newt Scamander.
This tiny book is a fun Annex for all those fans of the magical world of Harry Potter who want to feel like a student of Hogwards.
Spanish version:
Este librito es un divertido anexo para todos aquellos fans del mundo mágico de Harry Potter que quieran explorar los pequeños recovecos de su mundo y sentirse como un alumno más de Hogwards.
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Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them
This is a little gem to learn more about the rich world that J. K. Rowling has created to Harry Potter. The most curious thing is that this tiny booklet will be the inspiration for a new trilogy of films to be released in the coming months, focusing on its hypothetical author Newt Scamander.
Spanish version:
Ésta es una pequeña joya para aprender más sobre el rico mundo que J. K. Rowling creó para Harry Potter. Lo más curioso del caso es que este diminuto libreto será la inspiración para una nueva trilogía de películas que se estrenarán en los próximos años, centradas en su hipotético autor Newt Scamander.
October 5, 2014
This book is better than Fantastic beasts in the Hogwarts Library collections. It's interesting to know the history of the golden snitch as it came from the bird snidget. Read to complete the Magical series by our beloved Jo.
September 19, 2018
Quidditch: Way better than I expected. Her imagination astounds me. It even made me laugh.
Go Ballycastle Bats! Or.. Go Holyhead Harpies!! Or... Go Fitchburg Finches!!!
I can’t decide. But not Sweetwater All-Stars. Because even though I live in Texas. I don’t like this state.
Beasts: So cute. The audiobook is narrated by the very sexy Eddie Redmayne. His accent is pleasant for this American to listen to, because Brits sometimes are hard for me to decipher. I just bought the Kindle in Motion version of this book, so I'll have to re-read it and review that edition:)
Go Ballycastle Bats! Or.. Go Holyhead Harpies!! Or... Go Fitchburg Finches!!!
I can’t decide. But not Sweetwater All-Stars. Because even though I live in Texas. I don’t like this state.
Beasts: So cute. The audiobook is narrated by the very sexy Eddie Redmayne. His accent is pleasant for this American to listen to, because Brits sometimes are hard for me to decipher. I just bought the Kindle in Motion version of this book, so I'll have to re-read it and review that edition:)
May 2, 2012
I read Quidditch Through the Ages first. It was cute, had some interesting "history" of the game and was a little quirky/funny like many things in the HP universe. Short but still enjoyable.
Then I read Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them which has more actual "information" in it but is a bit dry. The little scribbles from Ron and Harry are funny but there's not enough of them. Of the two, this one is more of a real "textbook." I would have loved images or drawings of the creatures since many were so bizarre and hard to picture. I'm sure that would have been a lot more production work/time/expense but it would have made for a more enjoyable book over all.
Still, both books are cute and a nice little bonus and the fact they were made for charity is nice. Worth adding to your HP collection if you're a real fan. The very casual fan probably won't care.
Then I read Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them which has more actual "information" in it but is a bit dry. The little scribbles from Ron and Harry are funny but there's not enough of them. Of the two, this one is more of a real "textbook." I would have loved images or drawings of the creatures since many were so bizarre and hard to picture. I'm sure that would have been a lot more production work/time/expense but it would have made for a more enjoyable book over all.
Still, both books are cute and a nice little bonus and the fact they were made for charity is nice. Worth adding to your HP collection if you're a real fan. The very casual fan probably won't care.
July 9, 2013
I really liked these two books. They were interesting and full of imagination.
Fantastic Beasts and were to find them was cool to read because in the Harry potter series it mentions certain creatures. You may go along with it without knowing at all what they are like and where they come from. In this book it has the background of a lot of different creature. It says are they dangerous, where they're from and stuff like that. This book was very helpful.
Quidditch through the ages was as interesting. It had stories of important Quidditch players and people who made Quidditch history and much more. To add, it had a lot of the Quidditch teams all around the world. Also, there was the evolution of the game. It when from a few wizards playing in their back yard to being the most popular sport in the wizard world.
Fantastic Beasts and were to find them was cool to read because in the Harry potter series it mentions certain creatures. You may go along with it without knowing at all what they are like and where they come from. In this book it has the background of a lot of different creature. It says are they dangerous, where they're from and stuff like that. This book was very helpful.
Quidditch through the ages was as interesting. It had stories of important Quidditch players and people who made Quidditch history and much more. To add, it had a lot of the Quidditch teams all around the world. Also, there was the evolution of the game. It when from a few wizards playing in their back yard to being the most popular sport in the wizard world.
January 25, 2012
I love this box-set! Absolutely adorable! The books themselves are full of information about creatures and the game you've only gotten in necessity in the books. They are very smart and very humorous- I literally laughed out loud many times & read them aloud to my family! I also own the books separately:) It's a very neat way to showcase them on you're book shelf! And will also make a nice gift! ~8-) and the fact that 100% of the proceeds of buying the books in any form go to help the Comic Relief fund! You win on all accounts in my opinion!
October 9, 2008
These two books are quick reads, highly imaginative and entertaining. I often wonder how all these ideas can fit into one humans head. J.K. Rowling is amazing, and the more she can give us the better. I would love Hogwarts: A History, or even a new book along the lines of the prequel she wrote. I am excited for the encyclopedia she is said to be writing, but hope it comes sooner than later. Only a little longer wait for Tales of Beedle the Bard!
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July 13, 2020
Check out my reviews on the main page of each individual book!
June 7, 2020
The history of Qudditch describing the "pitch" the "quaffle" , the players "chasers", "beaters" the "golden snitch' - rules etc.
Fantastic Beast & Where to Find Them was more interesting to me...give it 4*s. It is a description of mythical beasts, what country you will find them in, and their characteristics. Similar to the "Bird" books I reference to find the features of each bird (i.e. - habitat, coloring, song or tweet, size etc.)
Fantastic Beast & Where to Find Them was more interesting to me...give it 4*s. It is a description of mythical beasts, what country you will find them in, and their characteristics. Similar to the "Bird" books I reference to find the features of each bird (i.e. - habitat, coloring, song or tweet, size etc.)
January 25, 2020
Letto in tempi record grazie ad Audible, molto interessante: è un po' come se per noi fosse un manuale di storia e tecniche sportive. Come appendice a quanto detto nei libri di Harry Potter è particolarmente grazioso.
Particolarmente divertenti sono le interpretazioni del narratore degli estratti storici presentati all'interno del flusso descrittivo del libro.
Particolarmente divertenti sono le interpretazioni del narratore degli estratti storici presentati all'interno del flusso descrittivo del libro.
September 11, 2018
This was an enjoyable supplement to the Harry Potter books. Surprisingly, I liked this book more than the beasts book, but that could be because I had higher expectations for the beasts book and fairly low ones for Quidditch.
Both my kids are very excited to read this book!
Both my kids are very excited to read this book!
March 11, 2024
****What a collection of little books. I totally forgot they existed.****
😃Speaking of forgetting things, They actually reminded me of something my friend, who is a ‘Simply_Lovely_Reader’ told me: “Forget Me Yesterday, Remember Me Tomorrow” What wise words to say, huh?😃
😃Speaking of forgetting things, They actually reminded me of something my friend, who is a ‘Simply_Lovely_Reader’ told me: “Forget Me Yesterday, Remember Me Tomorrow” What wise words to say, huh?😃
February 18, 2019
Also love to learn more about the Harry Potter world. Love that you can find out other parts of the story
April 2, 2019
Basic Premise: Books theoretically found in the Hogwarts library.
I have reviewed both books separately under their titles.
I have reviewed both books separately under their titles.
July 16, 2020
Para los verdaderos fans de Harry Potter. Descubres los inicios del Quidditch hasta la actualidad. Muy ligero, lo he leído en inglés y lo he entendido todo.
November 4, 2020
Always amazed by how imaginative to almost believable the beasts are given how well and fun the descriptions were given to each. Absolutely splendid!
January 8, 2021
I enjoyed this addition to the wizarding world.
August 9, 2022
Very cute
August 28, 2024
I’ve had this since I was 7 years old and still have it to this day and it’s still in peak condition and will continue to have it until I give it to my kids or my nieces or nephews.
December 27, 2024
Son disfrutables si te gusta mucho el mundo mágico
April 2, 2025
Kinda boring, okay
September 6, 2008
review ini lebih ditujukan untuk buku Fantastic Beasts...
gila,,lucu bgt!! lengkap dengan coretan2 harry, ron, dan hermione di pinggiran2 buku ini. tulisan hermione kecil2, rapi dan rapat2; tulisan harry gak gede dan gak kecil; tulisan ron berantakan abesh,,kayak cakar ayam,,he=p lengkap dengan coret2an pas mereka lagi main HangMan,,hahaha... oh,,dan di bagian penjelasan tentang Troll, Ron menggambar sesuatu di pinggirnya,, itu bodoh bgt yaaa... hehehe=) dan harry dengan seenaknya mencoret beberapa bagian dan dia koreksi sendiri karena dia punya pengalaman langsung ama binatang itu, misalnya di bagian acromantula, yang rating bahayanya ditambahin seenak-udelnya sama ron,,hehehe. BACA!! it's a must read=)
gw jadi pengen tau,,mungkin gak ya diterbitin Buku Monster tentang Monster...? *GRRrRAOOOOOOOOOO.........*
this is the review of Fantastic Beasts...
it's sooo funny,,and i think it's crazy!! you see,,what makes this book is so interesting is not only the 'information' it gives, and the fact that Rowling uses her playful spirit to write this book, but also the 'original' hand writing of Harry, Ron, and Hermione! equipped with doodles that Ron and Harry made (a troll--represents goyle--and a hangman game), it makes this book a real fun to read.
this book is a real-must-read=)
gila,,lucu bgt!! lengkap dengan coretan2 harry, ron, dan hermione di pinggiran2 buku ini. tulisan hermione kecil2, rapi dan rapat2; tulisan harry gak gede dan gak kecil; tulisan ron berantakan abesh,,kayak cakar ayam,,he=p lengkap dengan coret2an pas mereka lagi main HangMan,,hahaha... oh,,dan di bagian penjelasan tentang Troll, Ron menggambar sesuatu di pinggirnya,, itu bodoh bgt yaaa... hehehe=) dan harry dengan seenaknya mencoret beberapa bagian dan dia koreksi sendiri karena dia punya pengalaman langsung ama binatang itu, misalnya di bagian acromantula, yang rating bahayanya ditambahin seenak-udelnya sama ron,,hehehe. BACA!! it's a must read=)
gw jadi pengen tau,,mungkin gak ya diterbitin Buku Monster tentang Monster...? *GRRrRAOOOOOOOOOO.........*
this is the review of Fantastic Beasts...
it's sooo funny,,and i think it's crazy!! you see,,what makes this book is so interesting is not only the 'information' it gives, and the fact that Rowling uses her playful spirit to write this book, but also the 'original' hand writing of Harry, Ron, and Hermione! equipped with doodles that Ron and Harry made (a troll--represents goyle--and a hangman game), it makes this book a real fun to read.
this book is a real-must-read=)
August 9, 2007
Untuk melengkapi kisah Harry Potter, JK Rowling menerbitkan dua buku yang cukup familiar bagi Pottermania. Buku pertama adalah buku pelajaran Hogwarts berjudul Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them. Buku kedua merupakan buku Quidditch Through The Ages. Rowling membuat buku ini dengan tujuan amal. Penjualan kedua buku ini hasilnya disumbangkan ke Comic Relief.
Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them
Ini adalah buku pelajaran Hogwarts milik Harry Potter. Di buku ini, Rowling memberikan deskripsi atas hewan2 aneh yang selama ini ada di dunia sihir maupun legenda. Misalnya saja Unicorn, Phoenix, bahkan Basilisk. Deskripsinya sangat lengkap, mulai darimana asal mereka dan cara menanganinya. Karena ini buku pelajaran Harry Potter, maka seperti kebanyakan buku pelajaran lainnya, kita akan menemukan catatan2 pinggir dari Harry maupun Ron Weasley. Oke banget deh dibaca...
Quidditch Through The Ages
Merupakan buku favorit Harry Potter. Di buku ini diceritakan sejarah awal permainan Quidditch dan kejadian bersejarah dalam Quidditch. Diceritakan pula bagaimana bentuk awal dari bola2 Quidditch dan peraturan yang berkembang dari tahun ke tahun. Pokoknya lengkap!!!! Kita jadi tahu bagaimana serunya permainan ini dan membuat semua orang tergila-gila menontonnya...
Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them
Ini adalah buku pelajaran Hogwarts milik Harry Potter. Di buku ini, Rowling memberikan deskripsi atas hewan2 aneh yang selama ini ada di dunia sihir maupun legenda. Misalnya saja Unicorn, Phoenix, bahkan Basilisk. Deskripsinya sangat lengkap, mulai darimana asal mereka dan cara menanganinya. Karena ini buku pelajaran Harry Potter, maka seperti kebanyakan buku pelajaran lainnya, kita akan menemukan catatan2 pinggir dari Harry maupun Ron Weasley. Oke banget deh dibaca...
Quidditch Through The Ages
Merupakan buku favorit Harry Potter. Di buku ini diceritakan sejarah awal permainan Quidditch dan kejadian bersejarah dalam Quidditch. Diceritakan pula bagaimana bentuk awal dari bola2 Quidditch dan peraturan yang berkembang dari tahun ke tahun. Pokoknya lengkap!!!! Kita jadi tahu bagaimana serunya permainan ini dan membuat semua orang tergila-gila menontonnya...
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