HARRY POTTER BOOK 1 AUDIO SERIES

The beloved first book of the Harry Potter series, now fully illustrated by award-winning artist Jim Kay. (Ages 8 to 13) -Karin Snelson Book Description: This magical, gripping, brilliant book-a future classic to be sure-will leave kids clamoring for Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. So far it has won the National Book Award, the Smarties Prize, the Children's Book Award, and is short-listed for the Carnegie Medal, the U.K. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, first published in England as Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, continues to win major awards in England. and that's where the real adventure-humorous, haunting, and suspenseful-begins. He is left only with a lightning-bolt scar on his forehead, curiously refined sensibilities, and a host of mysterious powers to remind him that he's quite, yes, altogether different from his aunt, uncle, and spoiled, piglike cousin Dudley.ДЄ mysterious letter, delivered by the friendly giant Hagrid, wrenches Harry from his dreary, Muggle-ridden existence: 'We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.' Of course, Uncle Vernon yells most unpleasantly, 'I AM NOT PAYING FOR SOME CRACKPOT OLD FOOL TO TEACH HIM MAGIC TRICKS!' Soon enough, however, Harry finds himself at Hogwarts with his owl Hedwig. But in the world of wizards, small, skinny Harry is famous as a survivor of the wizard who tried to kill him. In the nonmagic human world-the world of 'Muggles'-Harry is a nobody, treated like dirt by the aunt and uncle who begrudgingly inherited him when his parents were killed by the evil Voldemort. Rowling's enchanting, funny debut novel, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Not only that, but you discover that you are a wizard yourself! This is exactly what happens to young Harry Potter in J.K. Then, in an absurd, magical twist of fate you find yourself surrounded by wizards, a caged snowy owl, a phoenix-feather wand, and jellybeans that come in every flavor, including strawberry, curry, grass, and sardine.

He also voices the Harry Potter video games, as well as the interactive extra features on the Potter DVD releases.ДЄwarded an MBE by Queen Elizabeth II in 2003, chiefly for his work promoting the work of chldren's literature, DaleВ was alsoВ inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 2009.Say you've spent the first 10 years of your life sleeping under the stairs of a family who loathes you. As a writer, he has received an Academy Award nomination for the song 'Georgy Girl.'Дale is perhaps most famous for being the voice of all the Harry Potter audio books, in which he notably performs hundreds of distinct individual character's voices. Jim DaleВ has won a record ten Audie Awards, two Grammy Awards, and seven Grammy nominations as a narrator.В As an actor,В he has received a British Academy Award nomination, a Tony Award, five Tony nominations, and four Drama Desk Awards.

HARRY POTTER BOOK 1 AUDIO SERIES

The following summer the world was introduced to Harry Potter.В The Harry Potter series is distributed in over 200 territories and has been translated into 65 languages. When her marriage ended, she returned to the UK to live in Edinburgh, where Harry Potter & the PhilosopherвЂ™s StoneВ was eventually completed and in 1996 she received an offer of publication. She married in October 1992 and gave birth to her daughter Jessica in 1993. She started writing the Harry Potter series during a Manchester to London KingвЂ™s Cross train journey, and during the next five years, outlined the plots for each book and began writing the first novel.В She then moved to northern Portugal, where she taught English as a foreign language. As a postgraduate she moved to London to work at Amnesty International, doing research into human rights abuses in Francophone Africa. Rowling was born in the summer of 1965 at Yate General Hospital in England and grew up in Chepstow, Gwent.В She left Chepstow for Exeter University, where she earned a French and Classics degree.

Harry potter book 1 audio