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Soon after she started writing Philosopher's Stone, her mother died; she said that "I really think from that moment on, death became a central, if not the central theme of the seven books". His Prince Harry is a likable, not-too-complicated dude who occasionally, and rather improbably, gives himself over to wondering if Wallis Simpson and Edward VIII are “floating in some airy realm, still mulling their choices, or were they Nowhere, thinking Nothing? Sameer Rahim of The Daily Telegraph disagreed, saying "It depresses me to see 16- and 17-year-olds reading the series when they could be reading the great novels of childhood such as Oliver Twist or A House for Mr Biswas. Climb aboard the Hogwarts Express and set off from Platform 9¾ on a magical adventure with Harry Potter and his friends. That’s why we create books for everyone that explore ideas and nurture curiosity about the world we live in.

For more details, please consult the latest information provided by Royal Mail's International Incident Bulletin. Some of the translators hired to work on the books were well-known authors before their work on Harry Potter, such as Viktor Golyshev, who oversaw the Russian translation of the series' fifth book. The final three books "showcase richer roles and more powerful females": for instance, the series' "most matriarchal character", Molly Weasley, engages substantially in the final battle of Deathly Hallows, while other women are shown as leaders. The first film Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them was released in November 2016, followed by the second Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald in November 2018 and Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore in April 2022. For reasons of secrecy, translation on a given book could only start after it had been released in English, leading to a lag of several months before the translations were available.

Harry, Ron and Hermione learn about the Deathly Hallows, legendary items that lead to mastery over death. A number of non-interactive media games and board games have been released such as Cluedo Harry Potter Edition, Scene It? A 2004 study found that books in the series were commonly read aloud in elementary schools in San Diego County, California. Three of the books placed among the "Top 100 Chapter Books" of all time, or children's novels, in a 2012 survey published by School Library Journal: Sorcerer's Stone ranked number three, Prisoner of Azkaban 12th, and Goblet of Fire 98th. From the early 2000s onwards several news reports appeared in the UK of the Harry Potter book and movie series driving demand for pet owls [196] and even reports that after the end of the movie series these same pet owls were now being abandoned by their owners.

Rowling has been compared to Enid Blyton, who also wrote in simple language about groups of children and long held sway over the British children's market. So much is written about the profound effects that the grief of losing a parent can have on a child. Rowling had creative control on the film series, observing the filmmaking process of Philosopher's Stone and serving as producer on the two-part Deathly Hallows, alongside David Heyman and David Barron. The second book, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, was originally published in the UK on 2 July 1998 and in the US on 2 June 1999. The series has been viewed as a Christian moral fable in the psychomachia tradition, in which stand-ins for good and evil fight for supremacy over a person's soul.Gupta, following Blake, [140] suggests that the essential superiority of wizards over Muggles – wizards can use magic and Muggles cannot – means that the books cannot coherently reject anti-Muggle prejudice by appealing to equality between wizards and Muggles. However, the assumption that Harry Potter books have increased literacy among young people is "largely a folk legend".

Michael Rosen, a novelist and poet, held the opinion that the books were not suited for children, as they would be unable to grasp the complex themes. Their names are often onomatopoeic [ clarification needed]: Malfoy is difficult, Filch unpleasant and Lupin a werewolf.

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It explains why Leonardo DiCaprio will permanently be 22, dancing with models and smoking in bars at 4am. That s why we create books for everyone that explore ideas and nurture curiosity about the world we live in. Today, however, royalty has something in common with Bridget Jones regardless of their relationship status: Like Bridget, they work in public relations.Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts I and II is a play which serves as a sequel to the books, beginning nineteen years after the events of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.