Daniel Radcliffe: No Ordinary Wizard Review

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(More customer reviews)I really enjoyed reading this book. I'm a huge fan of Harry Potter, the books and the movies, and I had a lot of fun reading this bio. It tells all about Dan - how he got cast as Harry, how he, Emma, and Rupert spend their time on the set, and tons of personal information about Daniel. The author also talked a lot about the filming of the first 3 movies, special effects, and what it was like for Dan to grow up in front of a camera. The book also has a bunch of full-color photos of Dan with his co-stars and J.K. All in all, a really entertaining read about one of my favorite people!

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Meet Daniel Radcliffe: one of the richest, most famous teens in the world. Oh, and let's not forget that he plays one of the most beloved fictional characters of all time: Harry Potter. But before taking on the role of Harry, Daniel was just an ordinary kid. Now with five Harry Potter movies under his belt, and the final three still to come, Daniel has begun to come out of his shell and take on some more eclectic acting roles, both in film and on the stage. This biography includes brand-new, up-to-date photos, and the newest dish on everyone's favorite teenage heartthrob!--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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We Love Harry Potter Review

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(More customer reviews)I bought this book out of optimism, because I thought that anything praising Harry Potter would be relatively harmless. When I ordered the fourth instalment from a shop, I was nearly made to buy it again. Thankfully, I didn't - once was enough.
What is the point of this book? Reading this repeatedly is enough to put you off Harry Potter. The book itself is divided into sections, as follows:
1. The children's opinions on the series. Most of the children made mistakes that showed how little they had understood of the Harry Potter books, such as talking about "Madam Pooch", and asking, "I don't see why Mrs Norris had to die..." when she didn't. The information that was correct was usually unhelpful and unnecessary. Even people who haven't read the books have probably gathered by now that Harry is, well, the goodie. They even went so far as to tell us personal information about their pets: "I have a pet frog whom I keep in a cage and feed crickets." Ms Moore didn't help, either; she regularly wrote unnecessary columns between the letters to talk about such irrelevant matters as Thanksgiving dinner and Valentine's Day.
There were "letters" to Hogwarts, there was a trivial trivia quiz and there was even an anagram puzzle in which about half the words were related to wizardry. There were comments about how Quidditch could be played on the ground, or with scrap metal claws (enough said), and even some pointless recipes - or, in some cases, non-recipes. A quote: "Last year I mad a restaurant called Slimy Louie's which served Road Kill Stew and Rat-tat-tooy. I didn't include Stuffed Owl because you wouldn't want to eat Hedwig or Errol." I won't make any more comments. I don't think they're needed. This material is normally channelled into amateur websites, not books.
On the back you will read: "Do you want to find out what others have said about how they'd like to fly on a hippogriff or raise a pet dragon?" Think about this. Do you? As other reviewers have commented, there's nothing new to be gained from this book. However, I have thought of one use for this book. It would be superb, all 100 or so pages of it, as kindling for a bonfire. And that's what I'm going to use my copy as.

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Harry Potter Hogwarts Journal with Stickers (Harry Potter Series) Review

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(More customer reviews)This is a Nice Xtra Large Book with plenty of room to write in and 2 Pages of Stickers that you can not get anymore! A True collectable and fun item.. A must have for the Harry Potter Fan!

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Harry Potter Deluxe Stationery Review

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(More customer reviews)Using this stationary is fun and I am WAY out of the intended demographic. Even grandmothers can use this handy kit, and it brings a bit of enjoyment and wizardry to our correspondence. Paper - 25 sheets!! Envelopes - 12?? Could be more, a rather awkward brown calligraphy pen, and the best of all - 32 Harry Potter stickers. I love it. Not babyish, and a bit wacky - can be used as a lap table because the kit is its own writing suface and the stickers and pen and envelopes hide with your postage stamps in a drawer - the whole thing is the size of a Harry Potter book.

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Ha li po te - shen mi de mo fa shi ('Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone' in Traditional Chinese Characters) Review

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(More customer reviews)Of course, JKR's first book was the most eye-widening book among the 5 books (up till now) and it's more exciting to read in mother language as it takes time for a chinese to read an english book. (I guess there's no need for me to explain the greatness of the Rowling books) So lets go back to the translation. It's nice (but not great) as this edition is translated by Taiwanese which use lots of slang language which other Chinese-speaking people do not understand. So, personally, I would suggest the Simplied Chinese editon for nicer translation.

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Harry Potter Stationery Kit Review

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(More customer reviews)... And so I will attempt yet again to review the Harry Potter Stationery Kit totally objectively, without regard to the motive or intent of Scholastic Books or J. K. Rowling. Where the kit delights children so that they learn to love writing it is a terrific thing. But as I look at it I must reflect that many of us have had the unfortunate experience of delight at a gift turning to disappointment upon closer examination. The Harry Potter Stationery Kit seems certain to allow our children to share this experience. It contains a mere 8 sheets of paper and 10 envelopes, and some peripherals. Can a love of writing be learned with only eight pages of stationery? Or are we so controlled by the television mindset that our children are expected and even encouraged by the products they use to lose interest in any activity that takes a prolonged effort? Paper is not so expensive that this product couldn't come with 80 sheets of stationery at the same price--compare the price of this product to a Harry Potter book of some 400 pages, which you can now purchase on sale at almost the same price. Surely it violates some copyright or trademark for the recipient to take his Harry Potter stationery to a color photocopier, but what else are they to do? The situation with the envelopes is even more bizarre. Most stationery kits come with more paper than envelopes (so that you can write letters longer than a single page), but here the situation is reversed--10 envelopes and 8 pages of stationery? I'm reminded of hotdogs and buns--they never seem to match. And also like hotdogs, there is a lot of filler here. A single small sheet of stickers (again, how exceedingly miserly), a "pocket photo-album" (in Hong Kong the photo developers GIVE these away), a lightning bolt stamp (for all your lightning bolt stamping needs), and a 24 page address book. Now, how many children aged 5 -12 do you know that need or even want an address book? Oddly enough, there is no Harry Potter pen or pencil or eraser, stuff kids would use every day. Oh, yeah, and I forgot--it also comes in a box. Probably once the paper is all gone and the stickers stuck, the box is going to give your child the most play value of the entire kit. Clearly the world is not the way I'd have it.

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Garri Potter i Orden Feniksa (Russian edition of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix) Review

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(More customer reviews)I'm reading this book right now... It's the same as the American version except it's in Russian. There's nothing else to say really.

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Garri Potter i uznik Azkabana (Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Russian Edition) Review

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(More customer reviews)Everything went well and the product is in excellent condition.

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Hogwarts: School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (Building Cards) Review

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(More customer reviews)I purchased this item for my 11 year old daughter, who is a big Harry Potter fan and she is really enjoying it. She loves building the castle (although we are not yet finished) Things to note about the toy, there are a LOT of really tiny pieces so you need a good size space to work on, the instructions require you to flip back and forth between pages which is cumbersome and sometimes they are not easy for an 11 year old to follow without help. Younger kids may need help building it depending on how good they are with instructions, but it will defintely keep an 11-13 yr old busy for a while, the castles can take hours to build depending on how fast you work and how complicated you want it. It also makes a great family time activity as everybody can build parts of it at the same time. Kids who love building will like this toy, even if they aren't Harry Potter fans. Overall, I recommend the toy as a good value and lots of fun.


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Harry Potter takes the magic of Building Cards to a whole new realm.Equal parts toy and construction set, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is the fourth and most fantastic Building Cards set yet.Because Hogwarts castle looms so large in the imagination of fans all over the world, we made the new Building Cards set bigger than its predecessors – and packaged it with more cards. Sturdy slot-to-slot construction means there is no need for glue, nails and the cards can be taken apart and re-assembled over and over again. (A good thing, since staircases at Hogwarts have a habit of moving around.) Of course, no Hogwarts experience would be complete without its most famous student, so we included a specially molded Harry Potter figure, ready to explore the one-of-a-kind school you create. The included book is full of building ideas, assembly hints, step-by-step illustrations and directions so simple, even a Muggle could follow them.

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Hogwarts Through The Years Poster Book (Harry Potter Movie V) Review

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(More customer reviews)"Hogwarts Through the Years" is a nice keepsake for any die-hard fan of the Harry Potter films. It features photos from all five movies to date. There are pictures of the Hogwarts staff and students of the various Houses, not just Gryffindor.
The book has a glossy hardcover, which gives it a nice appearance. But I can only give this book four stars because some of the photos included are just horrible. Instead of high-quality images, some of the photos of students are nothing but cropped, low-res screen caps from the movies. They're blurry and look bad juxtaposed with the higher-quality images.
It looks like Scholastic threw this book together in a hurry to coincide with the box-office release of "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix". But since the price is low, and it's a hardcover book, it's not that bad of a deal. Especially if you love the films.

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It's the must-have Harry Potter keepsake! The official Hogwarts Yearbook is stuffed with pictures, quotes, stats, and facts about all your favorite Hogwarts students - from Year One through Year Five. You'll find info on Harry, Ron, Hermione, Fred, George, Ginny, Neville, Draco, Cho, and many, many more.

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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Book 1) (Audio CD) + free Harry Potter t-shirt (Harry Potter, Book 1) Review

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(More customer reviews)I'm not going to bother with a synopsis for this one since by this point most people have either read the book, seen the movie, or both. This was not my first time reading it, or even second time, but it was my first time listening to it. To avoid fights in the car we always have a book going even for short trips. This was the first time my children had heard this book. After listening we watched the movie again and it was great to see the differences they saw and what they noticed being left out. It really helped reinforce the idea that often times the book is more detailed and interesting than the movie since it doesn't have to fit into a certain amount of time.
There were details I had forgotten since my last reading of this novel and things I looked at differently based on the ultimate outcomes through the series. One of the things I really noticed were details in how Professor Snape treated Harry and acted towards him due to revelations about his feelings for Lily Potter. Seeing that he loved her and hated James I would have thought that his love for Lily would have won out and made him more protective of Harry than he was. That said, while writing this as the first book in the series Rowling may not have made the decision for that love to exist in the future. She never contradicted herself, but it was something I wondered about when reading one of the later books.
My children all really enjoyed this one. At some point I would like to read it with them again from our copy of the book, but I have to say that I am now loving audio books. I haven't listened to one for adults in years, but even the ones for children's chapter books are fun to listen to. i recommend them to anyone going on long trips with their kids or with kids who tend to fight when forced to sit next to each other for prolonged periods of time. Check out you library. Often they have great selections.

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Harry Potter Journal: Platform 9-3/4 Review

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(More customer reviews)Just a reminder to those who are planning to buy this book... this book is somewhat like a notebook. I personally like to stick things on it. THIS IS NOT A STORYBOOK MIND YOU! If you like to write, this can be a journal for you or a diary.

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Does Harry Potter Tickle Sleeping Dragons? Review

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(More customer reviews)This book is a must have for every Harry Potter fan who has an intuitive feeling that there's more to these books than meets the eye.
Author Nancy Solon Villaluz has done a tremendous amount of research, reading every Rowling interview, listening to every podcast and radio interview, and by using Rowling own words and hints, has uncovered secrets and patterns that help the reader to understand what Rowling really wanted to do with these books.
But besides all of the research, Villaluz shows herself to be extremely well read, quoting everything from Dickens, to Monty Python, to John the Baptist, to Dante, to Thomas Aquinas, to Michael O'Brien. She's also very familiar with the other Inkling's books, C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien, and can compare and contrast the three with ease.
I found this Sleeping Dragons book, written as a journey in a creatively non-fiction way, to be a confirmation of what I'd only half understood about the Harry Potter series before. I found myself smiling, laughing, and agreeing through virtually every point made.
I believe that if you have an interest in Harry Potter's deeper meaning, if you are concerned about your children reading Harry Potter because of what might or might not be in the series, if you've tried to prove to friends or relatives that Harry Potter is OK, but without really having evidence in hand to prove it: you do now. This is the book. This book has all the evidence.

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What did Harry Potter sneak past YOU?
You've read all of Harry Potter, now what? Is that really all there is? Well.... it just depends on how you look at it.
Considering J.K. Rowling's cleverness, it would be sad -- and also wrong -- to think we've fully deciphered all 4,000 pages of Rowling's Harry Potter books. Far from it! In fact, thanks to Rowling's humble genius, many of Harry's deepest secrets and veiled themes still remain completely unnoticed... by multitudes! Yet Rowling wasn't silent about Harry's secrets oh, no. Unbeknownst to most fans, Rowling spent 10 years fighting off the book-burners, and scattering a plethora of clues about Harry's true nature, and her real intentions. The problem is that they're buried in thousands of pages of interviews, hard-to-find transcripts, documentaries, and a very long trail of obscure clues, if anyone cared to follow them. What's a curious Potter fan to do?
Not to worry! Author Nancy Solon Villaluz already invested 5 years fervently researching it all for you, in ''Does Harry Potter Tickle Sleeping Dragons?'' It's the first Potter analysis actually seeking to help fans view Harry through the most interesting perspective of all: J.K. Rowling's eyes. Inside, you'll plunge into a challenging, in-depth analysis of Rowling's named influences, her interviews, and, of course, all of her Harry Potter books. You'll learn a myriad of surprising things about Harry and Rowling that most people never suspect, all-the-while tackling the long-ignored mysteries of Hogwarts' school motto. (Which is Latin for, ''Never Tickle a Sleeping Dragon.'')
Dull, dry research? Never! Bring your imagination on this thought-provoking journey of discovery. Travel paths, dodge dragons, and have tea as you examine oodlesof compelling evidence. Discover: ++ What surprising things influenced Harry...and how? ++ How does Rowling view herself, her writing, her success, and Harry? ++ Does Harry Potter actually promote witchcraft? How so... or how no? ++ What critical thing did Rowling finally admit was ''always obvious'' to her in the Harry Potter books... and why wasn't it so obvious to us? ++ Does Rowling view herself as an Atheist, a Christian, or something else... and what might that mean for Harry's readers? ++ What incredible secrets does Harry Potter still hold after all these years... and where's the proof? ++ Does Harry actually follow Rowling's no-tickling school motto advice? Or did Rowling have something else up her sleeve?
So whether you've read Harry Potter only once, or a dozen times, there is still so much more for you to discover... quietly lingering in the subtle depths of Harry Potter's own pages where few even suspect. Come look through Rowling's clues, and you will see the hidden treasure trove patiently waiting for anyone brave enough to approach the Sleeping Dragons' lair. Do you dare come along?

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Ultimate Unofficial Guide to the Mysteries of Harry Potter (Analysis of Book 5) Review

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(More customer reviews)Author Galdriel Waters has done a good job with her Book 5 Analysis Guide. Be advised that this book covers only Books 1 to 5, and NOT Book 6 of the series. I consider author Galadriel Waters along with author Daniel Lawrence of the ULTIMATE UNOFFICIAL HALF-BLOOD PRINCE BOOK 6 TRIVIA BOOK to be the two best resources for HP fans and each author has their strong points. Waters discusses character development and concentrates her guide on numerous possible theories concerning HP subplots. Author Daniel Lawrence is known by legions of fans as an expert on actual HP insights, facts and little-known JKR doctrine. My suggestion to HP fans is to first read this guide by author Waters to fully grasp books 1-5 and then immediately read the ULTIMATE UINOFFICIAL HARRY POTTER HALF-BLOOD PRINCE BOOK 6 TRIVIA BOOK by Daniel Lawrence to discover the subtle clues and mysteries found inside Book 6 and GOF Movie 4.

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This is the highly-anticipated, full version of the Analysis of Book 5—analogous in format to the first guide, analyzing books 1 through 4, but covering only Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Readers can use this guide as a refresher course on how to search for clues when they read Book 6, and to answer their questions about Book 5. It offers insights into the clues, as well as speculations into the motivations of the characters and their magical world, which functions so differently from our own. The authors also go on record with their theories so that the fans can have fun debating whether they were right or wrong!

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J. K. Rowling, Updated 2007: The Wizard Behind Harry Potter Review

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(More customer reviews)Marc Shapiro takes just over 100 pages to say what many authors have said much better in biographical information recounted in magazine articles. The facts are bungled in details from the books which makes me question the facts about J. K. Rowling's life. Were those bungled as well?
Clearly the book went to press prior to the time when the name of the Fourth Harry Potter Book was officially released because it refers to that book in it's working title. However the last couple of chapters report "facts" about J. K. Rowling's life that take place as late as the last quarter of the year 2000.
Overall, save your time and money for more worthwhile reading...

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Harry Potter Paperback Boxed Set (Books 1-3) Review

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(More customer reviews)JK Rowling has exquisite talent using the English language to weave a fabulous tale within the genre of fantasy. As a parent, former elementary teacher and current professor, I recommend this book to all with the reminder that it is not reality - it is fantasy! Take joy and fly on the imaginary flight Rowling offers us as Harry soars above evil characters unwilling to look within themselves. Our hero strives to keep happiness, joy, and unconditional acceptance of others as the norm for his life. My 9 year old son, who is thoroughly bored with the basal reading of one story per week in class, had given up on reading. He said he hated it! Then, I brought home Harry Potter, began reading it aloud and stopped at a particularly climactic point. What happened next? Well, hours later on my way to bed, my son was nose deep in the book! Several nearly sleepless nights later, he finished the first and begged for more. Do I think these books are evil? Absolutely not. And, yes, we are church goers; my husband is in ministry! We are all anxiously awaiting book four. Just hope it comes out after I've graded all of my papers! I predict generations of fame for JK Rowling in these neo classics akin to CS Lewis.

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The Tales of Beedle the Bard, Standard Edition Review

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(More customer reviews)If you love the Harry Potter series, then this is a must-have. It arrived in the mail yesterday, and I devoured it right away. And that's my only complaint: it's brevity. It's a short, quick read. But a fun one.
And it's not simply a handful of fairy tales from the wizarding world. The commentary by Albus Dumbledore on each story was a really nice touch, in some cases even more entertaining to me than the stories themselves.
If you were expecting a thick book that would absorb you for hours as the Harry Potter series did, I hope you're not disappointed in this book's brevity. It's still worth the price if you enjoy the series, and it supports a charitable cause.
If you've never read the Harry Potter books (or seen the movies, I suppose) then do NOT consider this a sample of the series. You will not glean any sense of the depth, quality and, as everyone else calls it, the magic of the Harry Potter world. This book is a tasty dessert to those who've feasted on the seven-course series.

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