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Harry Potter Lives On!

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15 September 2015

By Bronwen

For those Potterheads that don’t already know, it’s three weeks today until the illustrated versions of the Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone are to be released. “Are you serious?!” we hear you ask. No, we’re Severus (sorry).

The book will be illustrated by Jim Kay, who is apparently still working on it now. The book will be in full colour in a hardback edition and will cost you £30 to buy.

What we love the most about this upcoming release is that the pictures can allow a new audience to enjoy the books like millions of others have. With the UK ranked 47th in countries with children that read for pleasure, it’s about time a colourful, exciting and thoroughly magical book entered the market. Perhaps with the aid of frequent pictures, more children can read the book in full.

If you want to see more of Jim Kay’s work to get an idea of how awesome Harry Potter will be, check out his previous work here:

Concept work and sketches

 

 

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