Jim Kay's artistic journey began with studies in illustration, profoundly shaped by his time working in the archives of the Tate Gallery and the Kew Royal Botanic Gardens. These formative experiences infuse his work with a unique texture and mark-making approach, employing elements from beetles to breadboards. His distinctive visual style brings a rich, layered quality to his illustrations, creating captivating and detailed imagery.
Harry Potter is due to start his fifth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizadry. He is desperate to get back to school and find out why his friends Ron and Hermione have been so secretive all summer. However, what Harry is about to discover in his new year at Hogwarts will turn his whole world upside down.
A Magical Year invites readers on a captivating journey through the seasons at Hogwarts, featuring Jim Kay's stunning illustrations alongside cherished quotes from J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. This enchanting gift book is perfect for anyone who has been charmed by the Boy Who Lived. Each day highlights a memorable anniversary or significant moment from the novels, brought to life by Kay's breathtaking artwork and decorative elements. His unique interpretations, such as glistening icicles on Hogwarts' snowy towers or the lively atmosphere of Diagon Alley, transport readers into the heart of the wizarding world. The collection includes iconic illustrations alongside previously unseen pencil sketches and preparatory works, offering a rare glimpse into the artist's creative process. Since the release of the Illustrated Edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone in 2015, Kay's mesmerizing depictions have captivated audiences. His award-winning character studies and landscapes showcase the artistry of a master at work. A Magical Year is an ideal gift for birthdays, Christmas, or bedtime reading, celebrating beloved characters like Harry, Ron, and Hermione in a beautifully illustrated compendium that will be treasured for years to come.
Fourteen-year-old Harry Potter joins the Weasleys at the Quidditch World Cup, then enters his fourth year at Hogwarts Academy where he is mysteriously entered in an unusual contest that challenges his wizarding skills, friendships and character, amid signs that an old enemy is growing stronger.
When Harry and his best friends go back for their third year at Hogwarts, the atmosphere is tense. There's an escaped mass-murderer on the loose and the sinister prison guards of Azkaban have been called in to guard the school. Lessons, however, must go on and there are lots of new subjects in third year - Care of Magical Creatures and Divination among others - to take Harry's mind off things!
Ever since Harry Potter had come home for the summer, the Dursleys had been so mean and hideous that all Harry wanted was to get back to the Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry. But just as he’s packing his bags, Harry recieves a warning from a strange impish creature who says that if Harry returns to Hogwarts, disaster will strike. And strike it does. For in Harry’s second year at Hogwarts, fresh torments and horrors arise, including an outrageously stuck-up new professor and a spirit who haunts the girls’ bathroom. But then the real trouble begins – someone is turning Hogwarts students to stone. Could it be Draco Malfoy, a more poisonus rival than ever? Could it possible be Hagrid, whose mysterious past is finally told? Or could it be the one everyone at Hogwarts most suspects…Harry Potter himself! --back cover
Harry Potter has never even heard of Hogwarts when the letters start dropping on the doormat at number four, Privet Drive. Addressed in green ink on yellowish parchment with a purple seal, they are swiftly confiscated by his grisly aunt and uncle. Then, on Harry's eleventh birthday, a great beetle-eyed giant of a man called Rubeus Hagrid bursts in with some astonishing news: Harry Potter is a wizard, and he has a place at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. An incredible adventure is about to begin!These new editions of the classic and internationally bestselling, multi-award-winning series feature instantly pick-up-able new jackets by Jonny Duddle, with huge child appeal, to bring Harry Potter to the next generation of readers. It's time to PASS THE MAGIC ON .
The 10th anniversary edition of the bestselling novel about love, loss and hope from the twice Carnegie Medal-winning Patrick Ness. Conor has the same dream every night, ever since his mother first fell ill, ever since she started the treatments that don't quite seem to be working. But tonight is different. Tonight, when he wakes, there's a visitor at his window. It's ancient, elemental, a force of nature. And it wants the most dangerous thing of all from Conor. It wants the truth. Patrick Ness takes the final idea of the late, award-winning writer Siobhan Dowd and weaves an extraordinary and heartbreaking tale of mischief, healing and above all, the courage it takes to survive. Since publication, A Monster Calls has become an international bestseller and been made into a film starring Felicity Jones, Liam Neeson and Sigourney Weaver.
