Book Description
A biography of the creator of Harry Potter with information on Rowling's childhood, days as a student, struggles as a single mother, and astronomical rise to success, with insights into the Harry Potter books.
Author : Marc Shapiro
Publisher :
Page : 127 pages
File Size : 21,98 MB
Release : 2000-11-01
Category : Authors, English
ISBN : 9781903402337
A biography of the creator of Harry Potter with information on Rowling's childhood, days as a student, struggles as a single mother, and astronomical rise to success, with insights into the Harry Potter books.
Author : Marc Shapiro
Publisher : Turtleback Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,14 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Authors, English
ISBN : 9780613326988
From a child with a wonderful imagination to a single mother, J.K. Rowling has lived a fascinating life.
Author : Marc Shapiro
Publisher :
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 24,26 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Novelists, English
ISBN :
Author : John Granger
Publisher : NavPress
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 27,53 MB
Release : 2009-12-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1414327676
More than any other book of the last fifty years (and perhaps ever), the Harry Potter novels have captured the imagination of children and adults around the world. Yet no one has ever been able to unlock the secret of Harry's wild popularity . . . until now. Updated and expanded since its original publication as Looking for God in Harry Potter (and now containing final conclusions based on the entire series), How Harry Cast His Spell explains why the books meet our longing to experience the truths of life, love, and death; help us better understand life and our role in the universe; and encourage us to discover and develop our own gifts and abilities.
Author : Marc Shapiro
Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 11,9 MB
Release : 2014-11-25
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1466885998
The heartwarming story behind J.K. Rowling's rise to fame—and the answers to Harry Potter fans' most burning questions! Harry Potter is loved throughout the world, and so is his creator. Joanne Kathleen (J.K.) Rowling is a true wizard, a woman who has the ability to recall vividly her days as a child and capture those wild, wonderful, difficult times—an ability that helps make her creation, Harry Potter, seem so real. In this revealing book, fans of the Harry Potter series will get to see their favorite author as they never have before. From a child with a wonderful imagination who didn't quite fit in, to a single mother with almost overwhelming responsibilities, J.K. Rowling and her story provide a wonderful chance for adults and children to enjoy a heartwarming, magical story. . . together. Inside are the answers to some of the most frequently asked questions: * Where did the idea for the Harry Potter series come from? * How the birth of her third child impacted her life * What's the latest on the top secret writing projects that will follow HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS? * What are Joanne's feelings about the Harry Potter saga finally ending? *Which of the characters does J.K most identify with? *What is J.K. Rowling's simple rule about writing? *And much more!
Author : John Granger
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 48,39 MB
Release : 2009-07-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1101133139
Harry Potter. The name conjures up J.K. Rowling's wondrous world of magic that has captured the imaginations of millions on both the printed page and the silver screen with bestselling novels and blockbuster films. The true magic found in this children's fantasy series lies not only in its appeal to people of all ages but in its connection to the greater world of classic literature. Harry Potter's Bookshelf: The Great Books Behind the Hogwarts Adventures explores the literary landscape of themes and genres J.K. Rowling artfully wove throughout her novels-and the influential authors and stories that inspired her. From Jane Austen's Emma and Charles Dickens's class struggles, through the gothic romances of Dracula and Frankenstein and the detective mysteries of Dorothy L. Sayers, to the dramatic alchemy of C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, and William Shakespeare, Rowling cast a powerful spell with the great books of English literature that transformed the story of a young wizard into a worldwide pop culture phenomenon.
Author : Jane Yolen
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 49,8 MB
Release : 2015-10-27
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1504021525
An inept wizard-in-training is the only one who can save his classmates from the terrible sorcery that threatens to devour their magical school Acclaimed master fantasist Jane Yolen imagines an academic world of wonders where paintings speak, walls move, monsters are made real, and absolutely anything can happen—as she introduces readers to a hero as hapless as the legendary Merlin is powerful. It was Henry’s dear ma who decided to send him off to Wizard’s Hall to study sorcery, despite the boy’s apparent lack of magical talent. He has barely stepped through the gates of the magnificent school when he is dubbed Thornmallow (“prickly on the outside, squishy within”). Still, regardless of his penchant for turning even the simplest spell into a disaster, Thornmallow’s teachers remain kind and patient, and he soon has a cadre of loyal, loving friends. But there is something that no one is telling the boy: As the 113th student to enroll in the wondrous academy, Thornmallow has an awesome and frightening duty to fulfill—and failure will mean the destruction of Wizard’s Hall and everyone within its walls.
Author : Marc Shapiro
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 29,55 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780312286620
A biography of the author of the popular Harry Potter book series.
Author : Sean Smith
Publisher : Michael O'Mara Books
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 38,21 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
She is the creator of probably the most famous - and certainly the best-loved character in contemporary fiction. She is also the author of her own escaperom an existence on the brink of poverty, with no job and few prospects. Onhe one hand there is J.K. Rowling, who wrote, and continues to write, thearry Potter novels,a literary phenomenon. O the other, there is Joanneowling, a quiet, dreamy, rather shy woman whose brilliance in translatinger dreams into prose transformed her own life. JK - The Story of J.K.owling details her life from her childhood and schooling in the West Country;he effect upon her of the wasting illness that struck down her mother; herime at Exeter University; her long-term relationship and her career andarriage, which collapsed after thirteen months, leaving her to return toritain with her baby daughter. The Harry Potter novels are more than fantasy:here is a toughness to the writing, a sense of realism and a questingorality that go beyond mere adventure, magic and the battle between good andvil.;How those books came to be written, and the influences that shaped both
Author : Pam Pollack
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 49,25 MB
Release : 2012-08-02
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 110157562X
Everyone loves Harry Potter. Now kids can learn about Harry's creator! In 1995, on a four-hour-delayed train from Manchester to London, J. K. Rowling conceived of the idea of a boy wizard named Harry Potter. Upon arriving in London, she began immediately writing the first book in the saga. Rowling's true-life, rags-to-riches story is as compelling as the world of Hogwarts that she created. This biography details not only Rowling's life and her love of literature but the story behind the creation of a modern classic.