Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: The Illustrated Edition (Harry Potter, Book 1)

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: The Illustrated Edition (Harry Potter, Book 1)

By J.K. Rowling

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Grades 4 - 8Grade 6n/a5.577508
For the first time, J.K. Rowling's beloved Harry Potter books will be presented in lavishly illustrated full-color editions. Kate Greenaway-award-winning artist Jim Kay has created over 100 stunning illustrations, making this deluxe format a perfect gift as much for a child being introduced to the series, as for the dedicated fan.
 
Harry Potter has never been the star of a Quidditch team, scoring points while riding a broom far above the ground. He knows no spells, has never helped to hatch a dragon, and has never worn a cloak of invisibility.
 
All he knows is a miserable life with the Dursleys, his horrible aunt and uncle, and their abominable son, Dudley -- a great big swollen spoiled bully. Harry's room is a tiny closet at the foot of the stairs, and he hasn't had a birthday party in eleven years.
 
But all that is about to change when a mysterious letter arrives by owl messenger: a letter with an invitation to an incredible place that Harry -- and anyone who reads about him -- will find unforgettable.
Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books
ISBN-13: 9780545790352
ISBN-10: 0545790352
Published on 10/6/2015
Binding: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256

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Amazing story and quick moving page turner. Impossible to put down, and if you were able to, you feel like you want to read it again! I have read it 7 times!

I have see all of the Harry potter movies so I'm reading the books

On the 11th birthday day, an invitation to the magical world comes to Harry Potter, an orphan boy who is living with severe misdeeds by an awkward aunt and a bad cousin. This lonely boy, with his skinny body and a lightning scar on his forehead, turned out to be a legendary hero who saved the magical world from the evil wizard. Inviting him as a student at Hogwarts, the best magic school in the UK, and waiting for Harry was a magical world to acquaint with. Harry jumped into a fantasy and real world, such as a moving stairway, entrance, and enthusiastic Quidditch riding on a broom, metamorphosis, and magic wand, showing off his genius talents and falling into a dangerous adventure to protect the'Sorcerer's Stone'. This was the first Harry Potter book I read, and it was great!

this was a GREAT BOOK about a wizerd named harry potter who lives with his aunt and uncle. His parents are not alive. His aunt and uncle are mean to him. How could things get any worse............................

i luvvvv the books harry potter

omg-superstar omg-superstar

I love all of the books. I think that J.K Rowling is facinating, and I love her art(reading and writing) I love it. anyone who likes this, please like it.

natalie natalie

i love this book because its very interesting and entertaining.it makes me laugh and sometimes its sad but till this day even adults around the world love harry potter my mum thinks i'm annoying because i talk about it so much but i don't care cause i have my harry potter books and there's nothing that's more important lol!

I have always loved the Harry Potter book series. It is not only full of magic, adventure, joy, creativity, and Voldemort, it is a timeless classic that everyone knows the story too. When I heard that they were creating a picture book version to it, I was blown away and had to get my hands on it. The book has the same plot and words as the original, except now add color and art to the long list of traits I mentioned in the beginning. In case you don't know the plot to the book this is a simple breakdown of what happens; Harry Potter is not a normal boy whose parents died when he was a baby. He has weird talents that are unexplained like how he has a lightning scar, can talk to snakes and can make random things happen just by thinking about it. He lives with his awful Aunt, Uncle, and cousin who gives him the Cinderella treatment and always are rude to him. For heaven's sake, they made him sleep under the stairs. One day, Harry Potter gets a letter addressed to him with his exact location(under the stairs and everything), but the Dursleys won't let him open it after they see a red crest seal on it. They toss it into the garbage. As the days pass hundreds of letters are being sent and owls are appearing at his door, but still, the Uncle is taking all of them and not allowing Harry to see any of them. To avoid any more letters reaching them, Uncle Dursley decides to send all of them to a shabby house on a small island in the middle of the sea. This day happens to be Harry's 11th birthday. All of a sudden, a giant knock hits the door and they all startle themselves awake. It turns out to be a giant named Hagrid who explains to Harry that he is a wizard and has been accepted into the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. After that, he leaves his family, goes school supply shopping with Hagrid, and takes a train to the school. When he gets there he meets a lot of new people and makes best friends with Hermione Granger and Ron Weasely who are in the same house as himself. He also learns what truly happened to his parents and it turns out to be a villain named Voldemort. He killed them and tried to kill Harry too, but his mother sacrificed herself instead and made a bond that destroyed Voldemort. After that day, Harry Potter gained the title of The Boy who Lived. People think that Voldemort is still out there resting so he can come back for revenge. And like all foreshadowing is, the fact turns out to be true. But we don't know that yet. They start hearing noises coming from around the top floor of the school so Harry and the gang go there to check it out. They see a giant 3 headed dog whose name is Fluffy. After this day, they have Hermione do some research and figure out that the dog is guarding a magical stone called the Sorceror's Stone which can give someone youth and that the owner of the dog is Hagrid. Their only lead is the suspicious Potions teacher, Severus Snape who somehow is always seen at the wrong time, doing the wrong thing. During this time, they got more information, saved Hermione from a troll, and met a few ghosts. Back to the present. Now that they had figured out that the owner of the dog was Hagrid, they all go to HAgrid's hut and trick him into giving them valuable information. Then they venture back into the attic with Fluffy and play soft music that makes him fall asleep for as long as they need to get past him. Then they go through the little latch underneath Fluffy and find a mysterious room in which there are puzzles they have to solve in order to get to the stone before Voldemort does. They solve a key riddle, plays chess with themselves being hit if they fail, and finally come into the room in which they find the stone. In the room, Harry Potter comes face to face with Mr. Qiurell the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher who is actually a reincarnated version of Voldemort. So he and Voldemort have an epic face-off . . . .

Raza Raza

I love harry potter

This harry potter is the sorcers stone but its illustrated. every page has illustrations and its good art.The story is entertaning and fun

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