The Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II: The World of Harry Potter (Harry Potter Movie T) Review

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(More customer reviews)It's a really nice hardbound book printed on heavy paper for about the same price of a magazine-type fan book. We bought one for a Harry Potter party where everyone could cut out pictures and mount them on magnetic paper for their middle school lockers. 128 pages had enough images so everyone found some they wanted.
We bought a second one to keep whole.

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Relive all the magical moments from the Harry Potter movies!
The Harry Potter movie saga is drawing to a close, but you can celebrate all the best moments from the movies in this beautiful keepsake. This paper-over-board book traces each character's growth from film to film. Over 100 pages of pictures in all!

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Boys and Girls Forever: Childrens Classics from Cinderella to Harry Potter Review

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(More customer reviews)I just finished this, and loved it, loved it, loved it! Alison Lurie, besides being a great novelist, teaches Children's Literature at Cornell. This book "deconstructs" classics such as Little Women, The Wizard of Oz, Charlotte's Web, etc, with such acute observations that it was a great joy to read. Of course the book talks about Harry Potter and the criticism it has received from certain religious circles. This is not new in children's lit: The Wizard of Oz suffered the same kind of stigma. It was interesting to read how nothing is new in the realm of religious intolerance.
One of the chapters about which i was most conflicted was the one dealing with illustrations. Lurie acknowledges that it would be disingenous to expect fairy tales without pictures. However, images steal away from the imagination development that kids would enjoy otherwise. I read a fairytale a million years ago, where the princesses wore dresses "the color of time". I vividly remember the internal debate i had in my head trying to decide what color time would be (i settled on pearl grey). Pictures would not have given me that mental gymnastics. In a sense, i believe that fantasy is like gymnastics for the mind of a little one. Reality is what you see every day. Fantasy is what you need to come to terms as you grow up. To carry on a mental fight trying to reconcile what is real and what is fiction is a valuable exercise for a developing mind. And besides, adults are always available for "reality checks".

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Values of Harry Potter: Lessons for Muggles, Expanded Edition Review

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(More customer reviews)Armstrong's book will be an enormously invaluable aid to anyone seeking to understand the Harry Potter series in terms of a few key abstract concepts that permeate and propel the adventures of Harry Potter. In varying degrees, the same concepts also propel the lives of real-life humans.
Chapter 1 explores the ways in which the Harry Potter books exemplify "The Heroic Fight for Values." Chapter 2 explores independence and its important role in heroic action, contrasting independence with various forms of dependence on others -- again as strikingly exemplified in the Harry Potter books. Chapter 3 explores free will in the Harry Potter story as yet another element crucial to the heroic pursuit and defense of values. These are the major elements that Armstrong sees as vital in earthly living as well as crucial to the appeal and deeper meaning of the Harry Potter adventures.
Armstrong also notes that the Harry Potter books project clashing elements, too, notably the "Clash of Love and Sacrifice" (Chapter 4) and the role of belief in an eternal spiritual life enduring beyond physical death (Chapter 5). As a corollary of belief in an immortal soul, Armstrong explores differing views of materialism as projected in the Harry Potter books.
But Armstrong argues that ultimately these clashing aspects of the Harry Potter books are diluted by the three positive themes. In Chapter 4, for example (p. 81), Armstrong describes how the scene in which Harry rescues Malfoy (Book 7) could have been written to portray Harry's action as more truly self-sacrificial, but that J. K. Rowling's version is "as though Rowling cannot bring herself to commmit to an act of self-sacrifice."
Armstrong acknowledges that he draws on the ideas of Aristotle and Ayn Rand. Fans of Ayn Rand, in particular, will readily recognize Armstrong's analyses as deeply indebted to Ayn Rand's philosophy. Fans and non-fans alike will find the analyses fascinating in their depth and insight, superbly complementing the more abstract philosophical presentations in Ayn Rand's books.
Armstrong's book remains completely accessible to general readers, with no previous knowledge of Ayn Rand's ideas needed or assumed. Yet at the same time, those seeking to understand Ayn Rand's broader philosophical system will find an excellent introductory survey in Armstrong's illuminating analyses of the adventures of Harry Potter.


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The adventure stories of the boy wizard Harry Potter tap life's most pressing questions about love and values, evil, free will, and the soul.Ari Armstrong's Values of Harry Potter explores the complex themes of J. K. Rowling's beloved novels, illuminating the heroic fight for life-promoting values, the hero's need for independence, and the role of choice in virtue. Drawing on the ideas of Aristotle and Ayn Rand, Armstrong then critiques the Christian elements of self-sacrifice and immortality, arguing that they ultimately clash with the essential nature of the hero as exemplified by Harry Potter and his allies.Values of Harry Potter offers a unique, succinct, and provocative look at Rowling's revolutionary novels for both enthusiasts and critics. This Expanded Edition also reviews the novels' psychology, government, and news media.

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Unofficial Harry Potter Cookbook: From Muggles To Magic Review

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(More customer reviews)I was disappointed with this book. There are a few recipes that look good, like butterscotch bars, butterbeer cupcakes, and pumpkin bread. But, there are a lot of silly recipes like ants on a log (celery with peanut butter and raisins), chocolate bananas (bananas drizzled with chocolate and topped with different candies), and licorice wands (licorice dipped in chocolate and cookie crumbs). A lot of the recipes aren't even harry potter related as far as i know. You could probably just google some of these recipes and other items from harry potter (like butterbeer) and get a good recipe without spending any money.

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The Unofficial Harry Potter Cookbook: From Cauldron Cakes to Knickerbocker Glory--More Than 150 Magical Recipes for Muggles and Wizards Review

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(More customer reviews)This cookbook is geared for children and young adults but it will please readers, cooks, and Harry Potter fans of all ages. My kids (ages 14, 12, and 8), have finally found an activity they can all agree on - cooking and sampling savory Harry Potter recipes. This book covers every single recipe that appears in all seven of the Harry Potter books. Ever wonder what Pumpkin Juice tastes like? Or Treacle tart? Well, you're about to find out!
Just crack open this book for easy to follow recipes, that have been authenticated and thoroughly researched and tested. Adults and children will delight in tracing their favorite Harry Potter delicacies back to the original source, while recreating some of these magical moments.


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With this cookbook, dining a la Hogwarts is as easy as Banoffi Pie! With more than 150 easy-to-make recipes, tips, and techniques, you can indulge in spellbindingly delicious meals drawn straight from the pages of your favorite Potter stories, such as:


Treacle Tart--Harry's favorite dessert
Molly's Meat Pies--Mrs. Weasley's classic dish
Kreacher's French Onion Soup
Pumpkin Pasties--a staple on the Hogwarts Express cart

With a dash of magic and a drop of creativity, you'll conjure up the entrees, desserts, snacks, and drinks you need to transform ordinary Muggle meals into magickal culinary masterpieces, sure make even Mrs. Weasley proud!

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