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  Harry Potter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The first Potter book was published in the United Kingdom by Bloomsbury in July 1997 and in the United States, September of 1998, but not before Rowling received a six-figure sum for the American publishing rights, an unprecedented amount for a children’s book.
One of the earliest characters remeniscent of Harry Potter is the boy magician Kullervo, from the Finnish epic, the Kalevala.
Within the later-arising fantasy genre, schools of magic that may be forerunners to Hogwarts are identifiable.
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 List of fictional books - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
2.3.2 Fictional books from Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
The Corpse Swam by Moonlight by J.B. Fletcher
Fictional books from Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
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 Potter.y2u.co.uk - Harry Potter - Mystery and Facts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Harry Potter is a fictional young wizard, the protagonist in a series of fantasy and wizardry novels by J.
The Harry Potter books are primarily aimed at older children, but have fans of all ages, as demonstrated by the publication of editions of each book with more mature cover artwork.
Porri Gatter by Andreyi Zhvalevskiyi and Igor' Miyt'ko - Belarusian series of Harry Potter parodies.
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 Harry Potter -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
The first three books, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, all won the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize for the 9 to 11 age group [1].
According to J.K. Rowling, the author of the novels, the main character Harry Potter appeared in her head while she was on a train from Manchester to London in 1991.
Harry Potter was parodied in The Onion, when an article titled "Harry Potter Books Spark Rise in Satanism Among Children" satirically reported the thousands of children attracted to the dark arts and denying religion due to the books.
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 Harry Potter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
The first Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (released as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in the United States) was released 1997.
Porri Gatter (Порри Гаттер) by Andreyi Zhvalevskiyi (Андрей and Igor' Miyt'ko (Игорь Мытько) - Belarusian series of Harry Potter parodies.
Harry Potter and the Kidney Stone by Desmond Devlin illustrated by James Warhola.
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 Harry Potter
Although Harry is supposed to be the "good" in the series, he is not the prototype of heroism that his readers like to think he is. According to the world, Harry Potter embodies all that is virtuous and noble, at least as far as is possible for pre-teen and teenage boys.
In the same book, the ghost that haunts a girls’ restroom is lamenting the fact that she’s already dead, because she can’t kill herself again.
Harry and his friends (the "heroes") are not the types of role models children should have.
www.edocere.org /articles/harry_potter.htm   (5952 words)

  
 The Ultimate Harry Potter Dog Breeds Information Guide and Reference
Harry Potter is a fictional young wizard, the protagonist in a series of fantasy novels by J.
Harry is expected to leave the school in mid-1998, at age 17 — supposing, of course, that he lives to do so (as Rowling likes to remind her readers when asked about Harry's career after school).
And in Jill Murphy 's book, The Worst Witch, Mildred Hubble studies magic at a Witch's academy, and her nemesis is teacher's pet to the cruel and sinister Potions teacher.
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 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
In the Harry Potter series of novels, Magizoology (a portmanteau of magical and zoology) is the study of magical creatures.
The fictional author notes that the first edition was commissioned in 1918 by Mr Augustus Worme of Obscurus Books.
A highlight of the book is the numerous doodles in it by Harry and Ron (and one by Hermione).
psychcentral.com /psypsych/Newt_Scamander   (665 words)

  
 Harry Potter
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone was first published in England as Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.
In an interview she states "Harry as a character came fully formed, as did the idea for his sidekicks, the characters of Ron and Hermione, who is the brains of the threesome," she said.
The author of Harry Potter seems to have a basic knowledge of the craft and other occult concepts, there are too many resemblance's so it hard for me to accept it to be just a story that came to her on a train.
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 Straight Talk on Harry Potter
Her appealing hero is Harry Potter, a nerdy orphan boy whose parents were killed when he was very young by an evil wizard named Voldemort.
These are marketed as children’s books (the first is suggested for ages 8-13 and the last book ages 10 to adult) although they are well written and are being enjoyed by adults as well.
Harry’s battles are spiritual in nature, whether the author or the reader acknowledges it or not.
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 Harry Potter Web :: http://www.harrypotterweb.com
Harry Potter is the informal name given to a collection of fantasy novels by J. Rowling, and the movies based on them.
The sales from the books as well as royalties from films and merchandise have, according to unsubstantiated rumours and magazine articles, made her richer than Queen Elizabeth II, though in a 2003 interview, Rowling denied having more than £280,000,000 (which is, supposedly, Queen Elizabeth 's fortune).
Porri Gatter, by Andreyi Zhvalevskiyi and Igor' Miyt'ko series of Harry Potter parodies.
harrypotterweb.com   (2389 words)

  
 Harry Potter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Although Harry is supposed to be the "good" in the series, he is not the prototype of heroism that his
As a matter of fact, Rowling's Harry Potter books are frequently compared to J. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings trilogy, and C. Lewis's The Chronicles ofNarnia.
Books on witchcraft and spells mention that the Harry Potter books are great because "[w]itches in books are restrained only by the limits of their authors'-and their readers'-imaginations."
www.sspx.ca /Angelus/2001_September/Harry_Potter.htm   (5993 words)

  
 languagehat.com: Comment on FICTIONAL FOOTNOTES.
In his book "La Gloire de l'empire" (which the history of a fictious empire) Jean d'Ormesson refers, in a footnote, to a book by a "famous historian of the Empire"; the reference is to an earlier chapter of the book.
A First Encyclopædia of Tlön is clearly a fictional book, but (unlike other books referenced in the same story) I don't think it's a good example of the kind of thing we're (mainly) talking about here.
The list of fictional books within the Harry Potter series includes the translations of the book titles in a bundle of other languages.
www.languagehat.com /mt/mt-comments.cgi?entry_id=2115   (848 words)

  
 CNN.com - Books - Harry Potter's beastly book for charity - October 16, 2000
The short books -- called Fantastic Beasts And Where to Find Them and Quidditch Through the Ages -- appear within Harry Potter's fictional world of wizardry and witchcraft.
Fantastic Beasts is a title on the boy wizard's school supply list in a previous Potter book.
The books will act as reference material for millions of fanatical Harry Potter readers.
archives.cnn.com /2000/books/news/10/16/potter.charity.ap   (397 words)

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